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PART III
(1887-1898)
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1888. Patents (D-88-46)
This folder contains correspondence to and from Edison’s patent
attorneys and agents, along with other letters relating to domestic and foreign
patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Included are
letters pertaining to patents for the electric lamp, the kinetograph, the
phonograph, the talking doll, the sextuplex telegraph, and ore milling. There
is also correspondence about the International Union for the Protection of
Industrial Property and about efforts to reform the U.S. patent system. Among
the correspondents are Edison’s agent, George E. Gouraud, and his patent
attorneys, Richard N. Dyer, Heniy W. Seely, and Lemuel W. Serrell.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal;
routine correspondence from patent attorneys regarding interference cases,
application fees, and routine patent matters; unsolicited correspondence from
individuals wanting to act as Edison’s patent attorney or solicitor.
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RICHARO N. DYER
Thomas A,
Orai
Dear Mr.
In your case oh applying converters to electric raiV
wavs, we have found an English patent to Stamens and Halske, No. 10,
926, A. D. 1886, which describes the application 'of alternating cur¬
rent apparatus to electric railways. This is not early enough to
aftect your U. S. case, hut it makes it necessary to change your for¬
eign cases somewhat and to limit them to the use of straight current
transformers. Your case in'the United States has been held up for
interference; we presume it is with Seamans and Halske, although we
may be mistaken in this. If with them and they rely upon their Eng¬
lish patent, which seems to be their earliest patent, there will be
no doubt of your success. We thought this matter would he of interest
to you.
Your application for patent on electrical indicators wherein you
employ a standard battery at the central station, has been allowed
without objection and with first-class claims. We are taking this
patent at the expense of the Lamp Company and will have it issued ira-
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY]
No. 40 WALL STREET,
New /York, _
Edison, Esq. ,
lge, N. J.
Edison: --
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mediately unless you desire for sor
take foreign patents. Kindly let
reason to withhold ity'or want to
s hear about thii
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street.
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2
In your case No. 599 on direct generation, the patent office has
withdrawn its requirement to furnish a working apparatus in view of
arguments we have filed; but they still assert that the apparatus is
inoperative. They say, however, that this objection will be overcome
if you will file an affidavit “setting forth that an apparatus con¬
structed in accordance with the specification has been tested by him,
(you) , and found to be operative. “ This would seem to be an easy
way out of the difficulty, and will enable us to get some good claims
for you on the generation of electricity by dry decomposition of a
chemical compound under conditions of heat and rarefaction. If you
have never-, tried this experiment we suggest that you do so, so that
you can make the affidavit, or conclude to. abandon your case.
Yours very truly,
February 2, 1888,
Mr. Batchelor. -
Referring to the attached extract
from a letter addressed to Mr. Edison by Dyer & Seely, under date
of 1st instant, Mr. Edison desires to see you about it.
[ENCLOSURE]
"... In your case No,. -599 on direct generation, the patent
office has withdrawn its requirement to furnish a .working appar¬
atus in view of arguments we have filed, but they still assert
that the apparatus is inoperative, • They say, however, that this
objection will be overcome if you will file an affidavit "setting
forth that an apparatus constructed in accordance with the speci¬
fication has been tested by him (you) and found to be operative."
This would seem to be an easy way out of the difficulty and will
enable us to get some good claims for you on the generation of
electricity by dry decomposition of a chemical compound under con¬
ditions of heat and rarefaction. If you have never tried this
experiment we suggest that you do so, so that you can make the
affidavit, or conclude to abandon your case."
(Signed ) Dyer & Seely,
,,, J> ■/
Mr A. n. Tate, Care of
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange , N. J.
Dear Sir: --
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 wall Street,
We have your letter of the I3th inst enclosing a letter
from Col. Gnuraud of the 26th ult. , which letter we return. There is
no such thing as filing a provisional specification in this country
as there is in England-, applications for patents are made here by the
filing of the completed specifications and drawings at once. Unlike
England, however, the patent does not hear date until after the ap¬
plication has been . passed upon by the Patent Office and the patent
is actually issued. The inventions covered in the papers we sent to
Col. Oooraud are included in Mr. Edison's applications in this country
Nos. 741 & 742, which were filed Nov. 26, 1887. Mr. Edison is well
acquainted with the practice and should you require further informa¬
tion he can, undoubtedly, give it to you, or we Should be pleased to
do so'if you will let us know on what points you desire inor<detailed
information.
We have ourselves received a letter from Col. Oouraud dated the
31st. ult. in which he speaks of certain alterations made in foreign
cases and says that he has written Mr. Edison about them. If not too
Law Offices
DYER & SEELY,
. (PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street.
New York, . . . . . 188
A. 0. Tate. 2
much trouble will you kindly send us the paper showing the alterations
so that we can take a copy Of it and put it in our file to keep our
record complete.
Col. Gouraud also seems, from his letter- to us, to be anxious to
take further patents abroad; he mentions especially the multiplica¬
tion of phonograms. We assume that the discoveries of r.ir. Edison .in
wax compositions and in the method of making phonograms to prevent
cracking and in details of the phonograph would also be of the highest
value. We suppose Mr. Edison has this foreign matter well in mind
and will instruct us when he wants anything in this direction done.
However, since we understand the machine is to be put upon the market
very shortly and it takes some time to prepare foreign cases, we would
suggest that you call Mr. Edison’s attention to the matter.
Yours truly,
■PJ^
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
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“lamp, a flexible high resistance filament of graphite or plumbago,/
substantially as set forth."
This claim is :
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’ejected, principally on ceAhin English uatents
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winch describe thin strips or pencils made of £raphi te, Tbpse of I
course do not meet the claim, but yie^PatentJlffice requires th&tjou^
shall furnish specimens made by y|jur invention, an d Wf/Jcan do nothing
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think the matter worth prosecutingCAve must have' the specimens he/’e
not later than March 2d next. The ^plicati^iseribes the process
of making filaments by pressing IffiaocmJQfXYXXX powdered mateiSl into
sheets and then stamping the loops out of such sheets.
If you don’t Gare to go on with the case please let us know.
Yours truly,
In taking up the application of Edison and Kenny on
autographic telegraphs for amendment we find that it will be necessary
for us to file an additional description giving precise instuetions
as to how to operate the machine. We do not see very well, how we can
do this without the assistance of Mr. Kenny. Will you kindly ask him
to arrange with us by telephone so that he can call at our office and
prepare the description with us? This must be done within a day or
two since we have only about a week within which to file the amend¬
ment in Washington.
Yours truly,
D. VAN NOSTRAND,
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Dear Sir:-
We enclose a <d py of the drawing of your old appli¬
cation No. 339 on ore separaters. This case oueht to be acted upon
this month or else abandoned. It occurred to us from what you said
in relation to your recent experiments .a*wi‘separating by static
•attraction that perhaps an apparatus the character off this
application is not operative, and in tlat case you will not proba¬
bly want to prosecute it any further.
Will you please let us know at once about this, whether
you wish us to do anything with the application?
Tours truly,
National Electric light Association,
LEGAL DEPARTMENT,
SUBJ,3C'r' ' Office, 218 Best German Stre,
Thomas A. Edison 13sq. ,
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Baltimore , Tuly 2, ltidd"
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Molno Park Neve Jersey.
The Legal Committed of the National Ele
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Association have prosecuted the w ovj of obtaining le^/slation from
Congress, relative to the patent system, with constant eiTSvt for
some months past, and have succeeded in securing for the Mil cre¬
ating a Court of Patent Appeals the endorsement of the Supreme.
Court of the United States, the Commissioner of Patents and the
Bar. They have also secured the consent of the Sub-Committoo of
the Judiciary Committee that have the bill in charge, to report it
favorably to the. Committee of the whole. The only difficulty that
wo are contending with at present, is the procrastination of the
members of the Judiciary Committee, and the fact that there are
several Other bills ahead of ours upon the calender which must bo
disposed of before ours can bo taken up.
V/hon our bill is reached it will bo necessary for
the members to consider it with groat care and particularity, and
unless they are previously instructed with reference to its details
will spend a good deal more time upon it than wo would like.
Thomas A. Edison, il "■
If tho members of tho Association a •- really inv¬
ested in having this bill pas sod, they no w have it in lioir poYfor
to render Of f .cion t assistance to the Commii.t.o by giving the mar.--
►fi no son cl attention. What wo need just now is an opportunity
to explain the details of tho bill to the members of tho Tudi:ciary
Oorranittoo under such circumstances as will insure their attention
to what wo say, and their consequent familiarity with tho details
of the bill when it comes before the Committee of the whole from
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tho Sub- Committee. You of course appreciate tho great ■ difficulty
of petting the members of Congress to give time enough toi the con¬
sideration of any measure in which they are not personally inter¬
ested to understand its bearing. To accomplish this result, there
seems to be but one course to be pursued, and that is, that some
members of the Association shall come to Washington, got tlioir own
members of Congress, and such members of the Committee as they may
choose together, by moans of entertainment or otherwise, and make
in this way an opportunity for tho explanation of the details of
tho bill. if th members of tho Association will do this, and do
it promptly, wo may be able to have our bill jiassed by the House
before its adjournment. V lo can
at least succeed in getting it
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DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
N ew York, . . . Augutft 6th
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
We have from Col. Gouraud a letter dated July
26th 1888/ and also powers of attorney for 34 countries. The powers
of attorney and the letter we hand you herewi th, with the request
that you sign the papers and have the proper certificates placed
upon them in accordance with Col.Gourdud* s letter. This we would
have done ourselves but our entire Qffice force is away on vaoatiQn^
and we understand that Mr .Tate's stenographer .Mr. McGuire .has
before attended to the sane kind of work. We cad! your attention
to the last clause of Col.Gour^’s letter to the effect that the
powers for European countries should be forwarded at once without
waiting for the other powers, should there be any delay in securing
execution of some of the papers. We also desire to can your atten¬
tion to another matter. As we understand it, and under the instruc¬
tions which we have given Col. Gour<$ in each case that we have
forwarded, he is not to take patents except for fourteen years or
longer. Now some of the countries for which he has forwarded pow¬
ers of attorney do not grant patents for fourteen years and unless
ha can withhold the issuance of patents in those countries until
our patents here are granted^he would be violating the instructions
by taking such patents. Of course we do not know what instructions
you may have given Col. Gourod other than those you have transmit¬
ted through us and we simply call your attention to this matter in
order that it may not be overlooked.
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Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Mr. Tat-e:-
I return yourletter of the 8th inst. with the
years marked opposite the countries as requested by you. You will
notice that the countries which do not come within Col.Gouraud's
instructions are Mexico, Denmark, and Russia, in which countries
no patents are granted for terns as long as fourteen years. In the
Argentine Republic, Portugal, probably Austria, Spain, Turkey and
Italy patents can be obtained for a less tern than fourteen years
and would be unless Col.Gouraud followed the instructions strict¬
ly. I have written our European agents in accordance with Mr.Edi-
son's request to ascertain the terms of the patents Col. Gouraud
has taken in Austria, Italy, Denmark, Russia and Portugal.
[ENCLOSURE]
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c®*« Gouraud has sent ^blank powers of attorney for the
following oountriea:-
"■'?■■*« •#«>.:* f \s*
Argentine Republie
/U-Oapi of Good Hope
A'Pranoe
/ v -New South Wales
/ V- New Zealand
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Austria
Brasil
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Norway —AT .
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Turkey a; /£.» ■ •-
Belgium
Denmark -
Hawaii
Italy- >■ ■■
Peru - to
Russia s, </'<*"
Sweden •
Viotoria./'/
W1U you kindly rmrk opposite eaeh of these sountriaa the
tarm of years for ftoieh Letters Patent are issued. rwa& to
writes Ool, Gouraud a very strong letter in ra(prd to pmt^^ and
will be in your office to-morrow morning to di souse -
with you,
Yours truly, /^/Jffy7r^
Br®r«tSiv' Secretary.
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
TENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York,.
August . 18th . (88 8
A. 0. Tate Esq,
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Mr. Tate:-
I enclose you a letter 1 have Just received from
Col. Gouraud. He admits himself that he has taken patents on the
two previous cases in countries granting patents for short terms-
that is less than fourteen years. The remark in his letter that he
fails to understand the object s& taking patents for only fourteen
years, strikes me as being the heigl^of audaciousness in view of
the fact that this matter was fully explained to Col. Gouraud when
he was here by myself and 1 think also by Mr.Edison because Mr.
Edison told me that Col. Gokraud understood fully he was t0 take
patents only for terms of fourteen years or longer.
1 send you this letter to take such action in the
premises as you think best.
very truly,
[ENCLOSURE. AUGUST 7, 1888?]
Messrs. PYEP. & SEELY,
#40 'Vail St l-o <it,
NEW YORK.
Pear Sirs:-
CASE 86.
I am this morning in receipt of your letter of the
i!7th ult; advising that the provisional and complete Specification
in connection with the abobe had been forwarded by you per sep¬
arate packet. This has also come to hand, and 1 have put the
matter in the printer’s hands.
V/ith reference to your remark, that no foreign patents
should be applied for, that does not extend to 14 years, i must
say that 1 fail to understan the ob.iect. Of course, in the 2
previous cases, the long tern countries have been ajbjbliod for in
the first instance, and after we had received advice of the fitting
afxihmx filing in them, we proceeded with the short term countries
which wo thought were worth applying for.
Yours faithfully^
G. E. GOURAUP.
Fh*r*.° ■ )
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
No. 40 Wall Street.
New York,-.....
-August 35th . is;
Alfred 0. Tate Esq.
Orange,
New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
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We have a letter from Col.Gouraud enclosing *
set of powers of attorney for case 87similar to the.,set
he sent for Case 86. We will hold" these papers subject to
your in - - ^
Yours tiuly.
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EDWIN M. FOX,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR . AT LAW. , r : .
NOTARY PUBLIC. .
i 1^0 NASSAU STREET, (morse building.)
, „ . Okea AUlyST”SeVh 1888 ‘l"
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oigJf^ater importance • in the outcome tennis tt^llRg'Web&t tleafougtt
a Oil it, at titteomui -t9tl a,ari fl0 '
ae-fiPTM the. masterjr of a principal point. ' 0 onraaeiq xlo.im oe
«o»8 IXi-Ob I ,a owl xwiwci airf + ,
-’xoqmx exit yljXq$,fetxe,f Q1S years of practise* a‘t t^o '1ft^4Yir®hgP«mi:chtiI have
■fe9Xbd^h saneaSAd gi/j. njany+£f^ercely fought 1 iti'ga^Vns^lf -Wav^ffe'dlnaoto the
.obrtu ^'fiWcl’fls'ionfith&t Tgt^a^g^is^ of the greatest \mpo?t^ff6tff’iltet')me ill¬
ustrate by a few of my own cases^. A few years k fia’lled
irfi& clSW&ulItktri,oni(by ay lawy er who was being g r o s si eM 6 dX by a
onxlj'fjo yldnojiii ‘ a'Ilwo«*
newspaper. fHetJha4d>f*«.Q;igI),tn^Juitjoa^ainst the proprietor of the Jour¬
nal^ bu? H flSdfcA«o»ff8ctxIf.^e9J[iager grew more "and mo^e relent .
has emu tedptotbp £&$&$*¥„ different °.ourse * Instead^p^sterig the
main suit to trial ( for the deft" was weii°$^?arfci t-03;frig^t) I a-
doptad the policy of delay and meantime commenc'ed VJIlfiOTTA
gainst the American News Company claiming heavy damages1 against
them for circulating the libel. As they were the principal medium
. BWii ntUo TS1J8UA T” .Vo
of circulating the journal, the shoe pinched tight, and they ( anx¬
ious only to avoid personal liability) refused* $ o'*1 hankie'' the paper
unless the libels were discontinued. This btb8gji'?H{ie newspaper pro¬
prietor to his senses. JnoaibS -ji? icpc
oH yei-if-lBsy 1o rroi inaitivnoa -iuo ot ■nrfJm«r»t>fI
In the late case of Armstrong Vs Me Gcegor, which was
a case where th 0° do f t* sold^X is^ea^'ln ltK'QviibQ:!ic etxr<5Aa?i'gfellrf'6r1 twenty
fitte th ou s and° d o liar s'*, ^n'* w?i i eft* Vtitf'fyl’rty m£n,ei ieVi't ^tid^'ant erqvit able
interest tJ and^ poo k*e t ed} We n/l&ky8,* by0 •fe^t't^hgl up> sal fedaiTn hgainst the
p l"a int iff3 to* o'ri TseV 'fiis'1;4'nt(4r0^ttV '•fl’fe ifripltyitnada •& .suddftp
for ancP o b t a i ne*d *a t^enfpdVsfi^y ^fojfarfotidnfb/nes^rM-nAinfif
agents from “drspbs'ing“or‘ mw pun^.i um> t«“tt.rtWVor:yJa" o'ri/jse
Hems ^hs-JACiniwvion.manons t(.,frtor an injunction to him was orub
with fhe fiftpShetton^awm
lo fi(Uoh9inP°*?ft^r9{a^n” xx^v^ ^ ^ v,,eo (I!^0
ilsool shSi becamf ^grgajtly disturbed and just as 1 anticipated°si»8nlSfttught
.o ........ »„ »•«».
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-.1X1 oof ,aumeans ^0 f^l it ig at:
XoltJlS .
1 v. wji /» egoarjo rtwo v«n Tu j
awl tan
f ' ' without knowing H8W&* *c»ncar^nR,» fig*
„ ^m^L9STS a in-
Wa„, . ci a -trio o ine,eTUJ, ,
in.1%ieih<er' 4He iauftjfds rttodtest
i patent or the ^afSSft'f *bT«arWaiwtws?om und01'
' yu ojiiDbu
patents
1 1 ( TrlhgerS ;atriy
peeled points anV an5 utfe^tAted gu^fcdiftttipns and
r ±£*w neb Giit tol , ial,# 0, j±M ^
EDWIN M. FOX,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
140* NASSAU : STREET? (morse building.)- "
so worry, h arrays, annoy, fret* and nag' them3 f IWlll1*!) e fef63ie ?
•!;r ‘" v-*V:0'J Y.J.lertoa,toq o* a aontboert ni lloavm Mari I A ^
burden. Let roe take one or two comparatively unimportant patents
11 i; Wh i' oh1- •’they' <ar efjrtm flriihg %g:. rfShsyjyhPKP TJ)o\or^o°nt.ro\he
sama that they will bo off their guard, for all their ^tr^anp t h i s
-i
centred in the maih^px'fcaH'fc's Ijii.tiifia-tyiiqns now pending. If our victory
■•^8v«p\S' sli'ght'>ii'Ywi>uld .cause it to be heralded far and wide in
the press and my newspaper connections and experience would stand
: i~ni od ni od oi me I .tsrti rtoih ym oi eons'ielot yd hnil I .3.1
ine in good service in this particular,
-lorid-xe inominioqrja ertt i>Xem oeeolrj oa , ychaenT hnn yobrioM
Should you and your associates do me the honor to
i ■. *om ae« of wiaoJj troy 'li te9ioh oaoriJ toil* to
retain me in, the>premises I will do all in my power to achieve for
you satisfactory results and while T oan make ho promises I will
guarantee thnt onoe I start in,whenever the infringers hear the
name, of Edison they wilT become ' very'' weary r;‘> ; v ■ ,
Concerning compensation I would' simply say that I
should allow the 'character of the work I do as it appears to you
to determine its monetary vvalue. and if , in your Judgment no b.enefi-
oial results are attained then my fees would be nothing. All neces
ary disbursements and expenses would of course, be defrayed by you.
I desire it distinctly understood as a matter of pro
fessional ethics that should I accept your retainer I do not desire
to interfere in any wise with your present Attorney Mr Tomlinson.
For the line of campaign which I would adopt in the particular mat¬
ters entrusted to me X wohIh
lely responsible and further if
should desire, , to be entirely . unhampered. Or course T 'v/ouli'riiak'e no
radical move without first submitting to you in writing my reasons
r utfMo£h?i y°ur approval.
111 j0nJ ««W asa fma JeT5 , yonna , a; irru;:- .
I.mr«o°q ^oviVc^ffrm^jf^v/^fo ^rto'0^^”3^^,0!00*'81' With 0
you an'if1 your avs scfb PffVe 'ahyc ?timrt5 rand. -mo re , rf.u 1 ly. discum
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P.S. I find by reference to my diary that I am io be in OoUrl next
' . , _ .laluoi Jiaq axrtJ nx eolvtoe boor, nx >.'n,
Monday and Tuesday, so please make the appointment either before
nT; *"**" °b 8e>taiooa“c *n» noy hlt/ortS .
or after those dates, if you desire to se
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tnq 1o lolJam a!:«a fcooieiehnu YUoniJaib Ji oiiesh I
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^Dictated )
Law Offices of h' w‘ 6EELy'
DYER & SEELY,
No. 40 wall Street,
New York,.... August... Sis t _ _ 4888
Alfred 0. Tate Esq.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr, Tatel-
If you will gat Mr. Edison to sign all of the
powers of attorney, declarations fto. which you have from Mr. Gouraud,
including those in the bundle which our Mr. Dyer left with your
stenographer two days ago, we would be pleased to make an appoint¬
ment by telephone to meet you at our office and go over the entire
matter, lfe have discussed it fully with Mr. Edison and understand
just what he wants. This ought to be done at once since Ool.
Gouraud needs the powers irrmediately.
Yours very
truly.
Po-WJr
' 0-0 Wu/.l Qfated,
zVfo-ui fy/auf, . / JOO /
(Dictated) fS .
m
Law Offices of
. DYER & SEELY,
'ATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY
No. 40 WALL STREET,
Thomas A yfedis on Esq.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
You will remembi
New York, Sep tember . 3rd . i888
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U ,ss ^ ,, , ' S' L
hit
i i ntkrfe/enclb
OV
cuit is made up of a number of conductors Sfith thre- switch s fo_,
In {/
throwing any one of them into use. Your testimony ^as tajcen,.same
r r ‘ ^
16th 1886, Westinghouse has t akai test:
that you have' an int'er^efencfe with
0 f-\). t ' »
Westinghouse on a converter system in which th'e high tensionA city
o ; '■-'■■■■
: with thre- switches for
tyl O- -vC\ {AX'/ J U
testimony was taken scene ” J
time ago and established your date of invimfion l^t*about November
r CD -X't'L & C-Wt-v 0 f
. to show that he made A
<rA(. V ■ ( , us U
the invention in September 1886.' WefcVinghJUw and (ftis ii tries ses' ' kl
have not been cross-examined for the Ve^^lthaV when 4e\nterfor- .
ence was first declared you stated that you wished Mr. Tomlinson to/
cross-examine Westinghouse personally. We allowed Westingh^/se to
take his testimony with the understanding that the witnesses
should be afterward produced for cross examination, and in accordance
with your in struct ions, we have waited until Mr. Tomlinson should
be able to attend to the matter. We do not see now,hoTOvey how
we can obtain much more time and we do not think it will be pos¬
sible to reserve the cro ss-examinat ion until Mr. Tomlinson’s return.
In view of this, will you please instruct us as to your wishesUt
does not appear to us that you have much chance of success in the
interference as Westinghouse seems to be pretty certain in his
proofs and is some two months ahead of you on th e invention,
perhaps it would be best to drop the matter.
Yours truly,
rlef •sv'
(Dictated)
Law Offices of h‘ w- 8EeLV’
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street.
New York, — SoE terober. lO.th _ 488 8
Alfred 0. Tate Esq,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Mr. Tate:-
X have your favor of the 7th inst. enclosing
descrip tion of Shallenbergor 's meter. This matter has already been
talked over between Mr. Edison, Mr. Upton and myself. I have for¬
warded thefde scrip tion to Mr. Upton since he is having the question
of infringement of various patents looked into. Do not overlook
the payment of Dyer & Seely's account on phonograph matters.
Yours very truly,
Dear Mr Edison;'
•xuoY ylo’xT yi9V
(jlpasmuoh as yourself and associates kxawsax
a ^newspap
know me\p r inoipa-iay . as, a (newspaper writer, and may naturally in con
sequence entertain doubts as, to whether I can successfully as a law¬
yer conduct the infringement suits about which we have talked, I b®;
leave to submit to you and them a rew original endorsements from
lawyers of the most eminent standing, written when I was a candidate
for membership in the lawyers Association. Senator Mills is one of
the leaders of the Bar of Central New York;- Hon Joel B. Erhardt
is a lawyer of eminence- Ex-police Commissioner of New York, Reoeiv
er of the Northern RR etc etc and of course you know of Hon W.H.
Wickham who was formerly Mayor of New York. In addition to this 1
will mail you tomorrow certified copies or the Record of the Suprem
Court of the State of New York showing that I was appointed by
the Court sole Trustee of an estate where I had in my custody at
times over $125,000. in cash,( being under only $20,000) bonds)
and that I conducted the said estate for over five years with high
credit and approval not only or the Court but of the cestuis que
trust. ( Vide the certified copies)
I am very desirous of obtaining a portion of your le¬
gal work, the growing importance of which I thoroughly recognise
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Law Offices oi
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, . .Q.c.t.ob.er....l
Alfred 0. Tate Esq.
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Osar Tatet-
We met Mr. Fox and Mr. Connery to-day and went over
the situation as to. the patent in Mexico. It appears that one pat-,
ent has been applied for by Mr. Go uraddSe agent in the. City of Mex¬
ico, but it will not be issued until we forward its corresponding
copy of the U. S. Patent. Mexican patents being granted for ten
years, we withheld the Mexican powers which were among the sets of
powers Mr. Gounadtfsent. us for execution. The phonograph never having
been patented in Mexico, as we understand, it.it might .still: be possible
to get a patent corresponding with the old 1878 patent. Upon this
point we wish you would ask Mr. Edison if he has any recollection
of taking a patent in Mexico. No patent was' taken by Serrell.
On talking the matter over with Mr. Connery and Mr.
Fox, we reached the following conclusion: that we had better procure
properly certified copies of all of Mr. Edison’s U. S. Patents,
eight in number, relating to the phonograph, and forward these to
the attorney in Mexico with in struct ions, to select from among the
copies, those corresponding with the case he has already filed.'and
to prepare one or more oases on the other patents.getting
ble a broad patent on the phonograph corresponding to the
ent .
if possi-
1878 pat-
Before taking this step, I would like to know from
you if the matter is in such a condition that we can proceed in
this manner or will it be necessary for us to communicate with Col.
GourWTand get his instructions as the responsible party.
Another point,- These copies with their proper cer-
titicates will cost us in the neighborhood of $S200 we think. Will
Mr. Edison see that this outlay is reimbursed to us, if Col, Gourack^
should fail to pay it? We ask this bec^-ause sone time ago, Col.
QouiwrfTwrote us to get a lot of these certified copies, and we wrote
him what the expense would be and asked him to remit, but. he has
failed to do so.
(Dictated)
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
Alfred 0. late ,
Edison’s Laboratory
Orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We enclose two Portugese powers of attorney. We wish
you would have Mr. Edison put his initials in the margin of each
of them opposite the place where we have made the interlineation,
as indicated in pencil. We sent out most of the powers of attorney
to Col. Gouraud on last Saturday and will send the rest on next
Saturday. We will write you fully about this matter in a day or
two. Please return to us these two Portugese powers of attorney
so that we can get them into Saturday’s mail.
at once,
Law Offices
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street.
New York,... _ _ _ 488 8
Alfred 0. Tate Esq,
Edison’s Laboratory ,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We have to day sent to Col. Gouraud, two Portugese
-powers of attorney which complete the powers for cases 86 & 87, the
others having been forwarded some time ago. Mr. Edison desired us
not to send to Col. Gouraud any powers for countries in which the
tern of the patent is less than fourteen years, and we have there¬
fore retained the powers signed by Mr. Edison for Mexico, Peru,
Hawaii, Argentine Republic, Russia and Denmark. In the powers for
Austria, Italy, Portugal and Turkey, in which countries^ patent s
arc granted for different terms up to fifteen years, we inserted a
clause to the effect that the powers were only to obtain patents
for fifteen years and for no less term.
We return Col. Gouraud's letter to Mr. Edison, of
Sept. 7th, 1888 . Prom this letter the Colonel would appear to have
a wrong idea of what the point is about patents in short term ooujt -
tries. He says he is advised that it is safe to file short term
countries after all the long terms have been filed. Of course he is
wrong in this, since the law in the United States limits a patent
A. 0. T.
to the term of the prior foreign patent having the shortest terra,
not to that of the earliesl foreign patent, which I should imagine
must be Col.. Gouraud's idea. The relative dates of the prior for¬
eign patents have nothing whatever to do with the matter.
Col. Gouraud's explanation in regard to Denmark seems
satisfactory. He however says nothing about Portugal and we have
been confidentially informed by our agent in Paris who,* we instruct¬
ed to look into the matter, that two Portugese patents have been
granted for five years each. As I understand the agreement between
Mr. Edison and Col. Gouraud, this is a direct violation of it. Our
agent also informs us that in Russia two ten year .patents have been
applied for, but they had not been aotually issued at the time the
search was made. Col, Gouraud does not say whether he is making
any effort to keep the Russian patents from issue. However, as it
takes a long time to procure patents in Russia, the chances are that
it will be all right there.
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Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, - October lath .
• p' /
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4T
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange,
New Jersey.
Dear Si r: -
X enolose specifications and copies of drawings
for cases 809, 810 and 811 relating to phonographs. Will you please
sign and return these papers.
I also enolose two sets of blanks for caveats, one
for the caveat on phonographs, and the other for the one oir"'the~”
’kinetoscope'. If you will sign these papers and retnrri''them I will
have the caveats filed at once. The phonograph/iiavoat has been de¬
layed by reason of the length of time requ-fred to make the drawings.
Yours truJLy,
A v
Thomas A. Edison !
Orange,
Dear Si r:-
DYER & SEELY,
No. 40 Wall Street,
N ew York, . Q.o,tobQr ii7th
*' iJ r
? foreign countrit
We enclose a list of foreign countries and colonie:
with the agency charges for obtaining patents, attached, which we be¬
lieve corresponds with the last list we sent you. You will see that
the total amount of the agency charges is $1947.50. We will take
out these patents for you for $3100, which will include cot*nsBl
fees, and all ordinary expenses. In most of the countries in the
list, the charges include taxes for one year. You will remember
that we first sent you another list, but the present list was made
after going over the first one with you and revising it. You will
see that Natal is included in the list. We are not sure whether
you intended to include Natal ,but if you do not wish to take a
patent in that colony, the total amount above mentioned for our
charges will be reduced by $110.
Yours truly.
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NAME OP COUNTRY.
AMOUNT.
Belgium
$ 15.
Brazil
100.
Canada
25.
Chili
275.
Prance
55
Germany
50.
Great Britain
52.50
India
90.
Mexico
200.
New South Wales
75.
New Zealand
50.
Norway
55.
Queensland
25.
Russia
500.
Spain
55.
Sweden
45.
Tasmania
9Q.
Victoria
65.
Natal
90.
Austria
55.
Portugal
225.
South Australia 75.
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DYER & SEELY,
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, _ Noventoer 5th
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We have carefully considered the letters of Col.
Oouraud and Mr. Hardingham enolosed with your letter ofJ0ctober Slst
In neither of these letters is the date of the Portugese patents
granted on cases 84 and 85, mentioned, and it is therefore impossible
to say definitely how the United States Patents are affected by
th ^The dates of these Portugese patents were given us in a let-
r from Mr. Brandon, our agent in Paris, which letter I think we
handed to you .sometime ago. We would be glad if you would look for
Case 84 included two United States oases, Nos. 741
and 742, on which patents have been issued, viz. patents 382414, dated
May 8th 1888 and 386974 dated July Slst 1888. If the five-year
Portugese patent was dated prior to May 8th 1888, there is no ques¬
tion that under the present construction of the Statute these two
United States patents are limited to five years from the date of the
Portugese patent. The prolongation of the Portugese patent after
the issue of the United States Patents has no affect upon them for
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the Courts have held that what controls the term4 of the United
States patent is the term for which the foreign patent was original¬
ly granted and not the term to which it may subsequently be pro¬
longed.
With regard to Case 85, this included six United
States appli cat ions, and patents have been granted here on two of
these, viz. Nos. 382417 and 382462 both dated May 8th 1888; and the
same remarks apply to these two patents. If the Portugese patents
were dated after May 8th and before July 31st, apparently the only
patent affected by them is No. 386974.
If Col. Gouraud. succeeds in getting the Portugese
patents extended to fifteen years,before any of the other United
States Patents included in Case 85 are issued.it wil 1 probably
save these patents, when issued,from the limitation to five years. In
our opinion this will probably be the case. It is not. however en¬
tirely beyond auestion, since it is a point which has never yet been
deoided by the Courts whether if a foreign patent is originally
issued for a short term, and before the issue of the United States
patent is extended to a longer term, it is the original terra or the
prolonged term which controls the United States patent. You will
see that the whole matter depends on what is found to be the date
of the Portugese patents. If Col.Gouraud had followed the under¬
standing we had with him to furnish us constantly with the dates
and numbers of all foreign patents which he obtained, we would be
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in possession of all necessary information, but he has never sent us
any information of this character.
Mr. Hardingham’s views seem to be substantially cor-
rectjOn the supposition that he believed the Portugese patents
would be extended to fifteen years, before the issue of the corres¬
ponding United States patent s, which seems to be his idea; but as
you will see, this is not the true state of the case.
We return the letters of Col.Gouraud and Mr.hard-
ingham herewith.
Yours truly,
9cA^.sV ‘ /•
_ Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(Dicta ted ) No. 40 Wall Street
New York,.. _ November 9th _ 48g8
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I have arranged with Mr. Townsend to continue your
cross-examination in the cut out interference on next Tuesday at
11 o'clock. We both went to Orange on Wednesday the date which
the examination was adjourned, but learned that you had gone to New
York and therefore had to adjourn over again to next Tuesday. Will
you please try to be on hand on that day, or if there is anything
to prevent your doing so, please let me know at onoe.
Yours truly,
Orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We have your letter of the lath in at. enclosing one
from the French Edison Company. The French patent on electric lamps
referred to, is No. 174710 dated December 17th 1887 and it relates
to the municipal Ian® now used in this country in which a cut out
is operated by the fusing of a third wire sealed in between the
lamp wires. We enclose a copy of the specification which was for¬
warded to our agent in Paris Nov. 29-1887. Patents corresponding
to this were applied for in England December lath, 1887, in Germany
December 17th, 1887 and in Belgium December 17th 1887. Vfe applied
for these patents in accordance with instructions from Mr. Upton am
Mr. Edison and their cost we charge,? against the Edison Lamp Com¬
pany. The cases were prepared within a few days before they were
forwarded. The same invention is contained in an application for <*.
a United States P-t^t filed
The patent for electric motors referred to, is on what
Mr. Edison called his pyromagnetic motor. The French patent is No.
174196 dated and filed Nov fip rpu_ _ „
ea lo87« The papers were forwarded to Ifr.
Brandon November 4th 1887. A corresponding patent was applied for
in England December 5th 1887. We enclose also a copy of the speci¬
fication sent to Paris for this patent. '.I'hese patents were charged
against Mr. Edison personally.
We believe this covers all the points inquired about.
Will you please return the copies when you are throu^i with them?
Yours truly.
, ' Toronto — Ontario.
November 23rd. 1888.
Dear Sir/-
As requested by you I now send -you a statement of
!the Law in Canada in regard to the time within, which it ■'
'is incumbent upon a Patentee to commence the construction-
manufacture of an invention patented 'to him, and also- to stat"e'*r;
the Law in regard to the -.importation of machines and of
parts of machines covered by such patents. ' ' <
Section 37 ' of chapter^! of the Revised- Statutes o f ' Canada). ' ,
of 1883 provided? that "Every Patentgranted'^mder this Act
snail be subject to the.- condition that such1 Patent and all ■
the rights and -privileges thereby grafted. shall ccase.and ’'
determine, and that the Patent shall be null and void .at., the ; j
end of two years from the date thereof unless the Patentee or his.
Legal representatives within. that' period commence and after . ^ .
such commencement continuously, crirry on in Canada the constructii
-ion or .manufacture of the invention patented in, such manner •/ \\
that any per-sbn desiring to use it may obtain it or cause it tjfcv!
be made for him at a reasonable price at some Manufactory or ). •
Establishment for making or constructing it in Canada
and that such Patent shall be void if after the expiration
' •" ' - ' ■ '
of twelve months from the granting “thereof- ^the Patentee or his ;) ■■■
legal repjre sentative, etc. cause ^to be,, imported into Canada ;:.. )
the invention for which the paten teas’ granted and if any tlispute j
arises as. to whether a; patent has or has ' hot • beborae null and ; yb'.S
void under the provisions of this: section fsubb dispute shall - j
] be decided) by,'. tne Minister or the Deputy Minister, of Agricu3tB^)j|
i whose' decision in the nia tier shall be final. J
. 1 ,...J .
T::
The ssecond sub-section of the above section also provides
that " When the Patentee has been unable to carry on the
I ' '
construction of manufacture of his invention within the two
years above raeiitioned the Commissioner of Patents may at fe ny
;iine not more than three months before the expiration of that..'
;erm grant to the Patentee an extension of the term of two ’
rears on his proving to t$»e satisfaction of the Commissioner
that he teas for reasons beyond his control prevented from
;omp lying with the above conditions The Commissi oner’ may: grant
to his legal representatives for the whole or any part' 1 of Ithe
5atents an extension for a further term not exceeding cjnp j
^ear beyond tne twelve months quoted by this Section -
If the Patentee or his legal representative shovt cause
satisfactory to the Commissioner to warrant the granting of
(3)
[atent Act of 1872 under which Section the following points ' :
ave been decided by the commissioner of Patents before whom
uch questions usually come “ That the intention of the i:J
egislature is to guard against the danger of Canadian. Patents’'
granted to aliens being made instrumental to secure the / ’ 1 '■
Canadian Market in favour of Foreign patents to the detriment ■ /
°f Canadian Industry . The jurisdiction over such causes i:
I !f dispute as may arise ttvested in the executive for the purpose -•i
f avoiding over strict application of the provision. • f • V / .Vj
It is intended as- a sort of protective policy in favour'' o f ' '
tnadian labour and the Legislature has provided a kind of i V
uternal Tribunal in the Commissioner of Patents the* niturai- - !|
■otector of Patentees to that every case should be ad-judicate|;
!?n ia a liberal manner.' The duty of the Tribunal is to ! 'ij
ply. the remedy if the mischiefs provided against by the • •Ij
■fetute have been really comitted in intent or effect but on/-, >|
e other hand also to guard against l e cruel injustice of/ • • • '•”!
flicting such a punishment the total destination of
acquired or vested right when no real danger was either
'[intended or done *
^ "The Law has not in contemplation to force on penalty
>£ iprfkture, the patentee to actually fabricate his invention
jwith his ovm capital within a specific establishment with his'
|wn tooibs and to keep a stock for every moment of the existence .
3f his privilege . The Commissioner goes on to instance the;
j'.iase of a patent for a proeess, A railway bridge and a mail J
3ag and to say that in all those cases it does .lie within'
the power of others than the Patentee to say whether the
Invention shall or shall not be used at a given time ar at any
' And the real meaning o'f the Law is stated to be that : '
, - — T° w v ,r ^ -v'“ u,i: :-s ;
i
the Patentee at the end of two years be ready either to
furnish the article xtsxl-f himself or to lice nsc ithe
right of us
using it on reasonable terms to any person desiring to' use it '
and this desire must be in fact a bona fide serious anti
substantial proposal, the offer of a fair bargain accompanied'- i
with payment 'the rule is again stated thus - The words
■
carry on in Canada the construction or manufacture mean that/' \
lany citizen of the Dominion has a right to exact from the ■ ' • V |
jPatontee a .license of using the invention obtained'' or ohtain'!the |
article patented for his use at the expiration of two years
Idelay o#i condition of applying to theowner for it andit dn payment ■
■o'f a fair royalty.11 ! . p 1
These points were- decided by the Commissioners in the. "case «
of Barter V Smith in an elaborate decision rendered in 'February1
1877. In the same case they also discuss the following quodtion
i ! ' •' ' i j /
which had been submitted to the department . “ Is it coriside/cu"
as construction sufficient to harfd the Patent if anx article. \
-.I ' ! ' \ '
composed of various parts is imported in parts .and put \
together and constructed in a Canadian Manufactory. The J
lissioner says that every ease must stand on its own merits
.that no general answer- can be given, and instances as a case
•f! hat would not infringe the Law, a patent granted for a
Composition of matter, all the ingredients of which would be
'products' not to be found in this country, a compound -of exotic :
gums ad extracts for instance. In the case of the Toronto
|Tele?hone Company versus the Bellwt.il e- Telephone Company
decided in January 1885, the facts were that the value of each
hand Telephone'was about two ($2.00) dollars, the value of the-:rrSv|
[material 90 / and of the labour $1.10 In that ease every
pntt'of' the' Telephone was imported "ready mhde and the’parts"'
/-•!
merely put together or assembled in Canada at an expense in i, • i
putting together of from thirty cents to twenty-seven cents ' \
per instrument, and it was held tint th* protective policy
of the Patent Act had been in intention and fact disregarded ..
and defeated to a very large amount ( that is to the extent of t)
difference between $1.00 and 30 / per instrument* ) of Lhc indus¬
trial manufacturing value of the patented article, and for this
among other reasons, the pa.tsnt was held to become null and void.
In the case of Mitchell V Hancock decided .ir. January 1806,
it was argued - l mat., in as much as the patent was for an
invention consisting of a new combination of old elements the
importation of the elements in their separate state was
not the importation of an invention, and it was held that if
the elements made use of as constituents of a combination
secured by the patent are imported to be used as such this iinpo: a
ation is the importation of the . patented article and conseque:
tly_ the manufacture does not take place in Canada and the
patent becomes void.
The results may be summarized thus; -
You can import all you like for one year from issuing of I
>ur patent and lay in a surplus stock if you like.
After one year you must not import.
After two years any citizen of Canada lias a right to
iquire from you a license for using the invention or to : j
■tain the article patented for Ms use on payment of a fair
yalty or price. V !
I But you are only called upon to supply the demand, if it ‘ ;
ists, not to «iOrk up a demand not to manufacture by ahticipati JTV ;
elessly. . !li-. ■ ’ I
The invention must be really and substantially maiiufact-
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.,
l§1, Queerj Vidtoi'ih, jSti'eet,
LONDON.
24th November, 1888..
T. A. Edison Eeqr,
Orange,
New-Jersey.
My Dear Edieon:-
' the Patents have
PATENT8.
exceedingly annoyed” to”find that the datee of
Messrs Dyer 4 Seely as .
t been sent to ;you ■<
Law Offices of h' w' seelv-
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
NO. 40 WALL STREET,
New York, . .December 1st _ 1gs8
A, 0. Tate Esq.
Orang e,
N.J.
Dear Sir:-
We have your letter of November loth, ffe assume that
you refer to the phonograph patents taken out recently on features
of the new phonograph. We have obtained seven of these Canadian
patents and they are all dated October 19th 1888. The Canadian law
allows ono year from the date of the patent to import the invention
into Canada and two years from the same date to commence manufacture
The date from which you must calculate is October 19th 1888.
RICHARD N. DYER.
(Dictated)
Yours truly.
Law Offices of h' w' mLV'
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
( Di c ta ted ) Na 40 WALL STREET'
New York, . December-brd - 188 8
Dear Sirl-
ffe have procured certified copies of the patents on
the phonograph, which had been issued to Mr. Edison, up to the time
of your letter, in Mexico, and which are eleven in number. Will you
please let us know where we shall send these? Five patents were
issued last week, which of course were not included in this number,
and five more will be issued to-morrow. Do you want copies of those
patents also for use in Mexico? If a complete set of the phonograph
patents is required you ought to have these ten patents also.
Yours truly.
■pccA '«wf - (p.jro »M<7 H fl it, )
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(Dicta t ed ) (patent business exclusively)
No. 40 Wall Street,
John F. Ott Esq.
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange,
• N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I shall g o to the laboratory on Wednesday morning and
I wish you woul'd get Martin Force to meet me and look up the matter
of the carbonized anthracite coal about which 1 talked to you on
Saturday. I went to the lamp factory to day to inquire about it,
but they told me th ere that all the records and note nooks had bem
sent to the laboratory and are now in the Galvanometejr'building
there. I wish you would look these up to-morrow (Tuesday) so as
to have all the information ready forme on Wednesday. I do not see
why you sent me to the lamp factory to see Force when he has been
working at the laboratory for a week past.
Yours truly.
New York, . December 10th _ <88 8
V)
(Dictated )
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, . Deo ember 13th i8g 8
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Orange,
N.J.
Dear Sir : -
In reply to your letter of the lath Inet. we have
to say that the only items in our bill against the Edison Phonogram
Co. which we return herewith, that relate to the doll phonograph, are
the three items .against which we have marked the word "doll*.
All the other items relate to the phonograph itself .
UqiuS Tf 'IP®
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
In referenoe to the conversation I had with you yes¬
terday about the foreign phonograph patents, I have to say that the
coun trice in which Ool. flouraud has been taking or wishes to take
patents as indicated by the powers of attorney which he has sent us,
are the following: England, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, New
Zealand, New South Wales, Cape of Good Hope, South Australia, Brazil
Austria, Germany, Prance, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Belgium,
Turkey » Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Hawaii, Denmark, Argentine Repub¬
lic and Russia. Of these countries the following grant patents
only for fourteen years or longer and I understand that in such
long term countries there is no objection to Ool. Gouraud taking
out patents before the United States Patents are issued: England,
Queensland, Denmark , Victoria, Now Zealand, New South Wales, Cape
of Good Ho|>e, South Australia, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Prance, Nor-
A.O.T. 2
10 .‘years, Denmark from 3 to 10 years, and Russia froin 3 to 10
years. In these countries I think you should send definite instruc¬
tions to Col. Gouraud that he is not to apply for any patents until
h. is informed by us that the United 'States Patents have been issued
and that there is thus no further objection to the issue of short
tern '^fo reign patents; • ' '
•*** 1"' ‘ ’ ‘^'Oie^foiiow ihg 'countries grant patents for various
terms up to 15 years: Portugal,. Turkey, Argentine Republic, Austria
^arid ItaiTJr3n° tft'eee^'oounir ies ‘you 'should 'instruct' Col. Gouraud not
^S^t^l^y^pa^n^Wi^aV-^^ thK fe^s for the entire ten. of
•^ificinjy8i|i,i|l«c|'h#l*ai4iiir|fitil ttyi United States Patents are
‘Us sued'^elfd|B!'a^piy|ng ,^n 'suteHJountr^es. =: In; Austria and Italy he
if the p^Atent in this eoun-
1 T* f ^ .•**« '‘applies tc Portugal,1 Turkey and Argentine
point.'-' 1 have included Ails-
^‘a'5*d*Ita|y oiong^ the' countries which gfant 'patents for varying
1 the Court* iii Austria have decided
-thai'*%ve,W'- A^*t!r^«i> patent ‘ks* granted for 10 ybara, and it is prob-
albie therefore that Austrian patents may not seriously limit
tin i teil Sts tesj Patents. The question ishowever still opened to
doubt /sinbe the effect of the decisions of the Austrian Courts on
this point has never been settled by the Courts here. As the decis¬
ions here now stand when the taxes on an Austrian patent are only
paid for one year the United States patent i8 limited to one year
A.O.T .3
from the date of the Austrian patent. I think it entirely probable
that when the Courts here do consider this matter in the li^it of
reeent Austrian decrees and decisions, they willy.decide that the
Austrian patents are granted for fifteen years, but until the point
is definitely bottled here think it is better to’ apply for the
full term in Austria so as^ to have no point which will be opened
to litigation ihere. niere |e no harm in being entirely on the safe
side. -c *' v t- • ■
5 ’ ^«4„wish you would try to; impress. on Col.Oouraud
the necessity o_f sending we full inf ormat ion as to what foreign pat¬
ents he has|alread£ taken or applied for. Until we have su oh infor¬
mation we h£re no i^sa^of^iow our United States patents stand. It
is not at all impossible that base of the important patents which
have been reeen|ly feranted;here have boon limited to 8 years
by some Portugpse or Ivesian short, term patent whioh Oouraud has
taken, and if; this is sou we 'ought to, knot
a You had better make haste ,.to get .the signs tare of Mr.
Edison to the powers of ^attamey for Case 88 which
you have had for
some time. After- thijy aye all signed we. wili decide whether to re¬
tain any of them which Relate to short term countries. You suggest
in your letter of ttfe 4th inst. that we should outline a system
to “h*de A for our being kept posted l^Ool.Oouraud’e movements, but
I see nothing that oan be done, except to have Col. Gouraud send us
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a list »how§8 |o Iambus £d&at & o§ th$ pa|ent. whijh $ ha. f
already urylerjeecf se|,anj ahowi^ afeo ?he tern If |e pat-"
ent |r t|e 4mb<$ o|years *pr whio| lu|pald tfe fees.agd h|reafte|
?e”fer?e I®1^* !°r5r ^“l8 | PaJen£he|hould l|forI ua, *
K W mg tlga dgtea£and;jnun|er£ an I. all „e§eaa£ry £nfo nation 4out \
ij. : g st f | s | I | | : i § f . |
« * J !°°iso|paua ha| Wi|ttdh u* inlregfrd to M&le& pft- *
eya to whethej h| sh|uld«Pro|e ed|to |tako%hern out.btj afiwe^ |
u&er|tan| th$t y£u |ro gumpi aStinJ ditreo|y *th him Sn that.8 *,
m0te|weShav| nog rfajg t* i Aur|elv|s. |a ^p. thalno Max|anf-
patents h£ve lv«n«r*n* n6 w„ w __ 53? . ,,3 j? A; 2 ~
Gouraud and wish you would return it to me after reading it.The
powers £f attorney ^,e Vef *s to arW tttha.Swhigh jrpu haye“noWg X * |
Jhave; anawer)d ^aa|io4he|sk| about fus#ia,*y cabf>t tSllilg |
him;;to pay |ho £axf» for lg ye*rs |buf su^ea|ingj that h£eh§«ld~ 3
hold thj Au|tr|n rapp|ea|ion|unll 1 1.| thj United StaL|atL S
are issued. ?Aa | .aid abowf .iShavJ n| a|swe?ed the q«.£ie*.b&t !
Yours truly.
Mexio(
[FROM DYER & SEELY?]
(nictated )
Docombor lttth, 1888.
Col. George E. Gouraud,
181 Queen Victoria Street, E. C,
London, England.
Dear Sirl-
Your letter of November 17tli was duly received. With
regard to the Austrian patent on Case 88 we cabled you "10
but why not hold Austria till patents are issued here". In
explanation of this we have to say that we are quite familiar
with the various decisions and decrees which' have been made
in Austria with reference to the terms of patents there, but
as the decisions of our Courts now stand, an Austrian patent
on which the fees have been paid for only one year is consid¬
ered as a one year patent, and the United States patent
granted afterward is limited by it to- one year. Several
one-year patents have been decided to be so limited. The
question of how the Austrian decisions affect the matter has
never been decided as yet in this country and until this
point is definitely settled we cannot advise Mr. Edison to
permit any Austrian patents to be taken in advance of the
corresponding United States patents, unless the fees for
fifteen years are paid. While we think ourselves that the
position as stated in your letter will probably be held to
be the corroct one, still there is doubt on the subject and
it is much safer and better that the point should not be
left open for litigation hero; and it is for these reasons
that Mr, Edison is compelled to insist on the fees being paid
for the full term of fifteen years. Of course however after
the corresponding United States patents are issued it is of
no consequence what the term of the Austrian patent is, and
since the issue of the United' States patent does not prevent
a patent from being obtained in Austria,we suggested in .our
telegram that you should not apply for the Austrian patents
until after: the patents, are issued here. We shall be glad
to notify you, if you wish' us to do so, when the patents cor¬
responding to Case 88 are issued.
Wo do not understand your request for powers of attor¬
ney" in Case-.t88irj;nr Which,. you . have already sent us complete
powers for Mr. Edison’s signature. . These powers we. sane time
ago! handed- :.toi Mr. Tate to, have .them signed by Mr. Edison and
they have not been returned to us. We shall fo.rward them
-tosy.oui as so.on last we .get, them and can have tham legalized
by the Consuls. We have told Mr.. Tate what you G's,ay- about
Mexican tpaten-ts. ■.an.d;;weJ understand that he is oomhuni eating
directly with you about this. '
istjlvt-1 iiSM.ver,3j..;,unf9.rtunate .that you have never furnished
us or Mr. Edison with any informat ion ^ as to the Relates, and
numbers: ;oft the JP.afeents .y.oij have. procured in the different
countries. We would beAfelad if you would furnish, us' full
inf orraat ton-con- vthe.se vfig jilts. as .soon.as possible , men’ t ioning
the terms for which you have paid the fees in each country.
We received from Messrs, hroxol, Morgan & Co. check
for on your account ,for which we thank you.
Yours truly,
Orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your old application Ho. 178 filed Maroh 10th 1879
has the following claim*:
1. A continuous incende*oent eonduotor for an eleotric
lamp consisting of a tube of line or othea non-conductor which is
with difficulty fused, containing partiole* of metal or metallio
oxide* and to which the eleotrioal conductors are connected, sub¬
stantially as set forth.
8. A continuous incandescent eonduotor for an electric
lamp consisting of a metallic oxide which is itself a conductor
of eleotrioity .substantially as set forth.
The Patent Office requires you to furnish specimens
of these inoandesoent conductors. We have either to furnish such
specimens or to abandon the application. Do you care to do anything
about it? If so the specimens should be filed this week and we >
would be glad if you would give it your immediate attention.
Yours truly,
I
Ppiz^f
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
(PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, . December Slot .|88 8
A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Care Thomas A. Edison ,
Orange,
N. J.
My Dear Mr. Tate:
We have a bill for the office rent for $750 covering
the quarter ending February 1st, 1889. Heretofore you have paid
$125 of this, which you then divided;aceoniing to our aocounts, equal¬
ly between Mr. Ediscn and the Edison Electric Digit Co. of Europe.
I have deferred calling your attention to this bill owing to the
changes that have been going on, but I w ill expect of course that
you will continue to pay the amount at least to the/gi&'Sf next May-
otherwise it will be a personal loss to me. Kindly send me a check
for $125 at your earliest conv enionoe.
Yours very truly
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Law Offices of
'YER & SEELY,
No. 40 Wall Street,
A. 0. Tate Esq. /
Orange, /
N ew York, . December 87th,
We have received from Col. Oouraud a list of the
foreign patents for the phonograph which he has applied for and
obtained. The list seems to be conplote except that he does not
state what terms he paid the fees for in Austria and some other
countries. We have asked him for this information.
We have made a careful examination of the schedule
and it appears that the only patent which has been seriously affect¬
ed by foreign patents is Unitod States Patent No. 386074 dated July
31st, 1888 which app ears to be limited to five years from May 30th
1888, the date of a Portugese patent issued under Sot 84 for five
years. It a 33 oars that this Portugese patent has been extended to
fifteen years since the issue of the United States patent, but under
the decisions this subsequent extension has no effect on the limit¬
ation. The United States patent ref err ed to is one of considerable
importance, as we understand, covering the phonograph as it existed
in November 1887 and haffing a number of claims to constructions
whidi are used in the present phonograph. The oths*’ United Stated
patent which is included under Case 84 was fortunately issue!
a few days beforo the Portugese patent was granted.
A.O.T. S3
Under Sot 85 a Portugese patent was issued for five
years from June 88^,1888, but as it accidentally happened the only
Patents so far issued here under this set were issued before that
•day, and as the Portugese Patent has now been extended to fifteen
frears.it will probably not affect the patents which we still expect
to obtain under that set.
We have advised Ool. Qouraud that there is now no
objection to his obtaining short term patents under Set 84,sinee
both the Unitdd States patents which are included in that set
have been issued.
Yours twly,
[FROM GEORGE E. GOURAUD?]
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1888. Phonograph - General (D-88-47)
This folder contains correspondence about the technical and commercial
development of the phonograph. Included are letters about the exhibition of
the phonograph, requests for information about the phonograph, and a
typescript of a recorded phonogram message. Some of the letters relate to the
donation of a phonograph to the Hemenway Southwest Archeological
Expedition. There is also correspondence regarding Edison’s competitors,
Charles S. Tainter and the American Graphophone Co. Among the
correspondents are Gaston & Marsh, Edison’s phonograph agents in Detroit;
Franck Z. Maguire, Edison’s agent in Philadelphia; and P. Everitt, a New York
engineer who was involved in a phonograph experiment.
All the documents have been filmed except for duplicate copies of
selected documents.
Related material can be found in D-88-01 (Batteiy).
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JARVIS B. EDSON,
SOLE MANUFACTURER
TIME.AND-PRESS.URE RECORDING-GAUGES.
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91- Liberty; Street, New York.
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T. A. Frit son, Fra .
Grange, N..J,
Dear Fir:
Wishing you the camp l intent s of the . season for
old ■ acquaint ance sake etc. I have just noticed a refer¬
ence t o an apparatus which may interest you, and which
may have escaped your notice. It is referred to in the
Oct. ' 57. manner of the ."Blatter P'ur Taubstunaae noil dung ",
L is Forchhauw«e r‘ s Phonoscope. The de script to7i,< Shows
it solves the problem of the optical representation of
the pitch of the voice in the simplest and clearest man¬
ner) and. that it see 7.1s to realize the invention imagined
by a Mi.ss Moffet, and written about^, some time prev iously
"When 6-07/a? good- genius shall give us a substance so
sensattve that the human voice projected against it
shall produce a permanently visible impre ssi on, differ¬
ing with the different tones laade , then will the labof-s
I 1 thought this account a nd or it. ism v'f iht he of snf
ficienf, interest to you in connect ion with your Phono¬
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soon I to have a talk, with one. I we ll rememhe r what, you
conside red some TO years ago could he done with the
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the ’mO-tter^ to make its final appearance ;,.ore oerject.
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t ,JAPANAN00HINAA“', New York, June 4th, 1888.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. Edison:
On Saturday night last, June 2nd, at the meeting of the
Nev/ England Soc'y, on your behalf, as requested, I extended the in
vitation to the Society to visit your laboratory on Thursday even¬
ing, June 9th at 8 p.m. , to the extent of 150 members, gentlemen
only. A loud call was at once made for tickets for ladies in the
families of members. I was then obliged to make use of your further
favor and kindness by stating that you would give a matinee exhibit
tion of the phonograph on Saturday, June 9th at 4 p.m. At the
close of the meeting, 41 members had taken tickets, with applica¬
tions for 6? ladies. Without doubt, the whole number of 150 gen¬
tlemen in the evening and 150 ladies in the afternoon will all be
made up, and I am sure you will confer upon them a great pleasure
in allowing than to inspect your laboratory and to witness exhibits
of the wonderful phonograph. I was appointed chairman of a commit¬
tee with Messrs. Harvey and Bere, to take charge of the matter for
the Society and will call at the laboratory at half past seven on
Thursday evening, probably with the other two gentlemen of the com
mittee, to assist you in receiving them. Kindly bear in mind
these dates and should you have anything to suggest, please use the
telephone in Orange on Tuesday or Wednesday evening.
I congratulate you upon the addition to your family and trust
that Mrs. Edison and the little one are, as I hear, getting on
nicely.
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T. A. Edison. Esq.
Orange. N. J •.
Dear Sir; —
I have to acknowledge receipt of your favor, saying
that you have not yet tried the experiment, in oonneotion with the
pronograph, whioh I suggested. I note that you expect to make
the experiment either Monday or Tuesday, and shall' be muoh
obliged if you will send me a taiegram stating when you expect to
test it, as 1 should muoh like to be present.
Yours very truly.
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"The Edison United Mfg. Co" NEW YORK. . June 27, 1888.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
If you mil permit me to mate f.sgpjstion.in regard to
the Phonograph, it may be of dome nso te'yon,' « u'L not
n a laboratory of T, a. Ed"
already been suggested or thought of.
Charge, n. j„
As you are aware, a professional singer^has to undergo
a very thorough course of study as to details .0/ articulation,^,
modulation of voice, effect, and many other minor points., ^
depend altogether, upon the use of his or her voice,,
depend entirely upon the criticism of others. It , Bems
me that your Phonograph ought to be absolutely invaluably ,tp Uv<? nQ f
professional singers, for the reason they can study^he, ***»„* ■
of their own singing by hearing it repeated -to themS.elveS;|B.a before ,
thing which they cannot possibly arrive : at, dn /any 'other way* out to J
Of course I do not mean to assert that a*rfli*er 'caifcipfeKhetofcis oojU 1
or her own .voice, but it is a fact t&fetnqfoeyi fc'khrfot ifctidejrstandt tor In j
and study their own defects as thouotfghly >£* t^V^Fou’l'dKbyettheT my cj
use of the Phonograph. 1 am an amateur to^<hc^<iirfd^}.in8on win
stand until a few nights ago, when I "sa^g1 « tfe ^hWgra^h Iterator!
at the Laboratory, what a valuable fh°^-thTsr^ f& *&&£$& <* » and
':r> c,,ln«»9k, signed by Hr. Edison,
The Edison United Manufacturing Company,
65 Fifth Avenue,
In replying please address
•‘The Edison United Mfg. Co”
It made me tired to hear the repetition of myself, and gave me hints
to cure many defects.
I should think that a great many of the instruments
could be sold to conservatories of music and teachers of sing¬
ing, and I should think that this matter could be artistically
worked up in the circulars of the Company.
If this is stale news, please excuse my troubling you
with this letter but it is written with good intentions.
Yours truly,
Edison Lamp Company.
Harrison, N. J
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RE.TH13 PHONOGRAPH. Two of the Little
Sisters of the Poor came here yesterday soliciting a subscrip¬
tion. They wished to know regarding the P H 0 N 0 G R A P H
^-and stated they wished it for a special purpose. The founder
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Dear Sir: J
' As you are well aware f^iavpvt^
h0artily Interested In the success of the ^dl^arf Phi
on- one account I am glad the sale was made and ^tfhanjji^fou
and Mr. Gilliland for the respect you have spfftfn mv Ifontij^ct. ^
I would be Indebted to you If you could IglveMf an oppartaHiity
to place some of your new Inventions either f Myth is^-State
or for the country at larger- I am thoroughly ^featia£^d/ that
the parties, whom I would Interest in any enliferp^iiir' would ^
meet with your hearty approbation. (j/lr
If you could give me an opportunity to place the
Phonograph In South America or Mexico I think I could
successfully do so in a short time. I have corresponded
with Col. Gouraud upon this subject: It seems to me this
matter can be handled best In this country. If Sol. Gouraud
would be willing to third the profits with myself and one
other I could I think place the invention without any further
trouble on his part.
I would be indebted if you would be kind enough to
send me a letter of introduction to Mr. Jesse H.Lippincott. I
should like very much to njpet the gentleman and run over
APbsmatvt ors .T - ? .
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that Mr .Edison has consented to exhibit his new Per
fected Phonograph at the next Fair to be held at Buffalo in September.
Our Exhibition follows imnediately on the Buffalo Fair, and I write
to ask if you could kindly obtain Hr:Fdison>s consent to the Phono¬
graph being forwarded for our Exhibition at Toronto on the close of
the Buffalo Fair.- Mr .Robinson, Manager of the Buffalo Fair, has
advised me to write to you and sake this request. He will see that
it is forwarded 'on here, if you assent to the proposition, or the
person having it in charge to be sent on here, l believe if Mr.
Edison were spoken to on the subject he would readily grant us this
request. Your early reply will be esteemed a favor. If there are
any expenses in the matter, we shall be glad to meet you in that
direction, if necessary.
Yours truly,
Manager anti Secretary.
Mo. 2,34 Broadway,
NEW YORK, July 31st, 1888.
T. A. Edison, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear. Sir : -
If possible, we would be pleased to receive from you
some information or guarantee as to certify to the perfection and
practicability of your Phonograph.
Certain parties in Cleveland, Ohio, with whom we have
been corresponding, are desirous of obtaining some recommendation
as to its use, and if such data can be furnished them, these will
assure you the immediate orders of several Phonographs.
Hoping to hear from you at an early date, we are,
Yours very truly,
THE AMERICAN WATCHMAN'S TIME DETECTOR
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Your favor of 3d Inst., just to hand.
I will take up the Phonograph for Japanand China with
pleasure if you will give me reasonable option; and I think
I can carry it through to your satisfaction^ How soon could
Count Mltkiewltz and some members of the Chinese legigation
see: the Phonograph at your laboratory? I would say that the
Count has a hold on these Chinese which no other foreigner
can secure. He is no fraud. I suppose there have been
fifty attempts to secure the concession which he received.
There is another thing which I intended to mention
in ray last letter I overlooked;, : Some months ago I had
a conversation with Mr. Gilliland in regard to the Phonograph
figure business: that IS, a nlckle dropping attachment for a
Phonograph, I know. of course that you have sold this along
with your other improvements, but. I wish to tell you that I
had a talk with Mr. Erastus Wyman and Hon. Benj. Butterworth
upon this subject, they were very much taken -w with the idea,
and Wyman agreed to go in with us and form a company. The
automatic Weighing Co; of which he is in control to handle
the Phonograph figure's. As this matter is so far on the
way, could not possibly be in better hands, and as Mr. Wyman is
of the opinion that he will get a chance at it, would it not
be judicMus to present the matter to the New Company and
see if they will agree to the orglnfezation of a sub-company
simply for the purpose of handling these figures, with
Mr. Wyman as President on what terms they see fit.
I would be much indebted if agreeable to you if
you woujd send the letter of introduction to Mr. Lippincott
that I spoke of in my last letter.
You have probably read the article of Mr. Sumner
Tainter in the Electrical World of recent date upon the
Graphophone. Tainter is a good fellow, but his article is
; away off* I notice he quotes largely from my article on
; the Graphophone written in 1886 in' Harpers Weekly^ and
j reproduces the cut 8 &ct. I may say that in thie first part of
the article (which he did not quote) I gave you full credit
for the:>invehtlon of the Phonograph and thenidilated upon
Mr. Tainter* 8 invention of the wax cylinder; If I had seen
your patents I would not have spread on the subject so much;
In writing that article I was guided by the information I
received around the Bell Laboratory. I was thoroughly con¬
vinced as soon an I saw your patents that you owned the
, Graphophone from a to lzzard.
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PHONOGRAPH DICTATION
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MR. THOMS A. EDISON,
ORANGE, N.J.
DEAR SIR: —
September 18th,
The writer arrived in Detroit with Phonograph, the latte?
however, going by express. Some of the wire on the field magnets
was wound too loosely, and in consequence the jolting the machine
received threw the strands of wire up on the wooden revolving
table, the friction stopping the motor. This "bug*. was soon found
and then the instrument worked beautifully. Acting on your
suggestion we have tried the Phonograph in taking a speech and
find it O.K. even thnnghthe epeelce^ tum hi
The battery, zincs, extra cylinders', and ch romic acid not
yet arrived; presume Ott has had too much on hand to attend to
this as yet. The Photograph of treadle machine is here. Thanks
very much. As soon as Wangeman gets back, would it be too much
for us to ask for a far musical cylinders? Those of the young
lady's are not good— her fault, however. We have delayed the
Press exhibition a few days until the Me Millen matter is settled.
Gaston & Marsh,
149 Griswold Street.
Bept.18 .1888im
Mr. Thomas A.Edison,
Drange,N.J«-
Deai* Sir!- Want to &dd a point About the North Anerican people.
It would appear that the Altered fejapftophone Co.has the whip hand
of Lippinoott. Writer learned while on train that the Wisconsin Go.
tendered Lippinoott f last W thoir payment, for which he would
onjy give them the bcapany'fc receipt them off when they
asked for franchise. They 4e$UBdd M him fad cash without the
franchise, and the teaUtV do •stafads. This may V6 on account of the
North American Hot having dftfchor'ity to issUO franchise since th*
have money yet id jpsy ypyjbut it struckf us that the Graphophone
Co., having the nppqr Lapp of |<ippi?icftitj| Ih, soma naimer.was dic¬
tating new c«tdii±o*8 'to -hH4,Snd he did not ^ow what would come
next. We knd\y psp&ge M afpep ha had i spued con¬
tracts for th£ pr^Rfiliatiijn cptpjplps.they dictated a
clause to him, compelling the Wipe of the North Anni-
lean Phonograph tqb-campmiy*~ ,to addi,*and
Jesse H.Lippincott,Sole of tha Amaricm Graphophone Co,*
You discussed this point with vs*iter,you will remember
We understand (but don’t vouch for the tr uth of the state¬
ment) that the man who was to organize the New England Co. failed
and that it has been offered Cheeyenr and the other New Yorkers.
Also, understand that Cheeeyer has not yet accepted his option on
• N.Y.Oity,(dont vouch for this either) though Lippincott says that
the $300,000 of stock that the Metropolitan Co.de sigied to sell
is practically all disposed of at 50c. There are a good many other
lesser lumors, which presume wculd not interest you. Our Co., we be-
lieve,will l?e on:a sa fe- basis within a- few. day.s^ c
Gaston & Marsh,
149 Griswold Street.
Mr.Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. j.
Detroit, _ ■ Sept. 21st, 1888.
Dear birl— Yesterday afternoon we gave our exhibition
to the press, and it was a. success in every way-so far as the
Phono gra ph, went, but on some points, as usual, the papers got
mipd. We have sent ’you a bundle, and if you have time to ex¬
amine them, you will see that the Phonograph v/as out m the sun,
while the Graphophone occupied rather the shady side of the
fenc e. The writer made a try at public speaking (not 1 or
2 feet away from the phonograph, but 4 feet) turning to the
right and left moving away sideways and turning clear around^
back to the machine. It came out wonderfully clear. We had
type-setting and type-writing etc. There was but one failure,
and that was a recitation by Sol Smith Russell on the Graph¬
ophone, which we secured some weeks ago. This makes me believe
that with but a small amount of heat, say 90 degrees, the Granh
somewhat— just enough to blurr the indentations’"
laree room is
.. The baUeries,zinG8 and cylinders all arrived in time for
the exhibition, for -which please accept ou r sincere thanks
wm^oifr, + mlgh^ trouble 3™ again, it would be to ask Mr.'’
Sf ^ d U8„a few rausloal cylinders, when he has the
time, as those m we hare are not good*
n. Woulb er ^hat the Morfch American people know nothin?
there might be some objection to the
GraPh°Ph°ne. We do not show it to people
ln,as they away from it over to the Phonograph
•Yours "“'’AatrrvJU* ,
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Detr oit, Mich., Sept. 21 St, 18B8,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir!-
Wrote you before to-day ;but over-looked men¬
tioning that the zmos are doing excellently in the batteries
and uont boll at all.
Found a new bug which have not been able as yet, to en-
tirely remedy. In some' manner the centres of the brass cylinder
are out and donb run true in their bearings. Tried to adjugb
last night and this morning, but could not in the limited time
at ou r c cmmand. The blank wobbles slightly, and though with
care we get along all right it produces a slight scratching
when new cylinders or musical ones are put on. The way we tried
to adjust was as follows. First the hinged arm was screwed
tight and then aximtextalzimxaOxtlJtHxeyklnitar the right hand
centre was moved slightly in or out _ of the bearing on end of
brass cylinder. Then we took a cut off ey- blank, turned It
half way round on the brass cylinder and tested it by dropping
the recording needle. In spite of repeated trials the tracking
was deeper on one side than the other. * Was this right? If
nob, can not John Obt drop us a line giving an easier method of
adjustment? The above is the only bug of importance, and in
spite of continuous use since Saturday night (12 hours
Straight to-day) the machine is in excellent condition* .
Yours trul y,
35«o. 43 North Water Street.
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Thank y ox very much for the multiplex pieces
and "y’ s” received to-day.
Geo.Greims is here, and will turn over to him the teaching
of typewriters which writer has had so much of to do last
few days that has had no t ime to devote elsewhere.
We .started out by insisting that every stockholder In our
Co. should personally come to our office and learn how t o min -
age the Phonograph m every detail. This they hare assented to
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again, even thou S they d iS SS Sarae tMctoess. Then
man would forget to set h^s Si ^ 0GG^ ional ]y,a careless
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that our stockholders send are full of objections, as they are
afraid that they are not going to be worth so much t o their
various houses in the near future ;but, luckily, we provided for
this by caut ionmg the employers before, they sent their mdi.
We be lieve,all thLngs cms idered,that with the non-ad¬
justing feature settled,there is no further difficulty m the
way of the Phonograph being received with unprecedented favor
in the business world, conceding the wax problem settled*
Will to-morrow, if it is possible, get the navspaper men to¬
gether and send on that cylinder, which yor kindly offered to
duplicate*
Please drop ue a line telling us about the duplicating
and als o ccneerning the increased volume of tone m the du¬
plicates.
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Dear Mr. Edison:-
Oti Monday last Mr. Palmer received advices
from London to thd'effect that a phonogram of two acts of
Captain Swift was about to be delivered to you and I
thereupon communicated with your laboratory by telephone and
was told that as soon as received you would advise Mr.
Palmer. 1 vrite this because he is much interested in it
since •Captain Swift • will soon be produced at our theatre
and he thought it might be made the occasion of considerable
newspaper talk if properly han-dled. 1 think that the
phonogram must have arrived since I understand it was sent
on the steamer which was due Saturday last. Will you, 'if
agreeable, advise me at the earliest moment, and oblige.
Yours very truly;
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Menlo Park,
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your Wall St. office , but suppose you were delayed by press of
business •
I did not succeed in inducing Mr Lippincott to do
anything for me , but Blink I might have done so if you had been
along , and perhaps you can do so yet . I assure you it will be es¬
teemed a very great personal favor if you can make some arrangement
to give us a phonograph for Torohto. / I want to keep up the re¬
ceipts of that institution as much as possible , and would also
like to get the machines so well known in Canada that I could put
a little money inmthe company there , and help things along .
Please try and see if some way cannot be thought of to overcome the
difficulties presented by Mr Lippincott . I assure you if you can
help in this matter , I will repay you not only there but in other
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 15th, 1888.
Mr ,Tho s.A .Edis on,
Orange, N.J,
Dear Sir:-
Your favor relating to objection to using thick
cylinders duly reed. Think we stated in letter to you that by
using cylinders consecutively, part of the difficult y might be
avoided; but, although it seems a small point, we still believe
that it will prove an objection to the business man. If he used
up all his cylinder je very day there would then be but little ob-
j ectionjbut expose that he uses 6 the first day, 5 the next and so
on. He is then liable to forget to turn down the take* recorder
one notch, for this may occur (beginning the series of cylinders
over again) right 'in the middle of his correspondence when he is
studying over the warding of a letter.and nine chance out of ten
he would forget to adjust the needle so it would track. One or
two such occurences would prejudice him greatly against the
machine. Our belief is that so far as the business man himself is
concerned, the machine must be purely automatic, or he *41- will not
bother with * it. Then again with the thick cylinder on a hot day
it will go so much further on the cylinder that it will make a
difference in the adjustment. With the thin cylinder all this
objection is practically lost. Talks with business men in Detroit
^convinced us of the foregoing. The business man don't w«rt
to be any more bothered than he is now, and so far as he is ccn-
oeIi8Va the Phono^aIih raU8t be self-adjusting. Are you not
with us? Of course all other details of the machine will come under
the eye of the type-wri ter ;but the recording | must be sinrole for
the "boss#*
Everything in Detroit is in good condition to oomnenoe busi-
ness, and unless all signs fail.Michigan will make a showing very
( near the head of the column on sales, population taken into con¬
sideration. Have ergaged a first-class manager ani office force.
We will be in New Yorit next week .where we trust we can com-
mand a sufficient amount of capital to complete arrangements for
the automatic phonograph.
Yours truly.
GASTON & MARSH.
New York, . 188^
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Mr.'. ?. fl. Edison,
..•Dear. Sir; -
.About three months ago
you.:kindly informed.me, .through;your secretary, .that
the Hemenway. Southwestern. Archaeological Expedition
would have the -privilege of two out. of the ifirst
■ iot. of ^phonographs ready.ifor. delivery. We now -find
that three »i IT; be .- requ'i re dl; f o'r the:.purpbses.'bf the
'Expedition; .wouldrit :be .practtoable-for you' to let
: us. have' that: number? :If. so, ..wbuid:you; please.- forward
the two to the addresses then: given-,, and the third to
.me, .as above? I trust that the. -instrument's.: may soon
.be. ready .'for. delivery, .as.Mr: .-Cushing, .who - is: now :in
•Boston- ori a : brief . visitti; ;is anxious- to. record/ by
that. means, .the. -important: -rituals . of. the ne^ryear .cer--
-emonials :or the Zunip: : . . • !-
: I. have.- recent ly- returned.) from a: brief trip to
- Germany .wherejljfound. a;great
interest -in the. phonograph. .;In- the. interesting
.i museum; of the.-imperial.-postoffice they :have one
•- o.f ;your;old;original: instruments, .and a high.-offi-
. Cial :of the. department told ime. that they were any-
. ious to. obtain-.one. of -your -improyed ones at the
-earliest.-possible.day, /in. order to ;-consider the
.best.-means.-for imaking.-it a part of their -postal
system, . which - is the : best and -.most /progressive :i n
the . wor Id. : The . te lephone.-i n. Germany .- i s. ent ire ly
admlnistered/by the :post|l. department, .and tbe: ser¬
vice. is. admirable. .
■vMy.ifriend.--.Mp. , Gebhard^., ;,of. Elberfeld, ,a:leadin(
■ and.:ihfluential;Germahjmanufaoturer, , spoke. to.)me
about, an: admi rabile .man ; i n .. Ber lin\ to take.bold:Of-
thejphonograph.ifor. Germany, oMr. ;von: Adelson, . and.uat.;
his. suggest ion: I. 'mention -.him. to.-you; ;Mr. . Gebhard
aays that ahy.amount.'of.-ref^dences. would/be at
■-•your disposal. /Possibly -you /may deem -it worth
.whi le to refer the /matter , to Col. : Goureaud, . who, :.I
understand, .has .-charge :of :your .European : interests.
:Most sincerely/yours.
,LM.^
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X enclose you a newspaper clipping' in relation to a pri¬
vate exhibition which we gave here yesterday to the great French ac¬
tors. We have their voices recorded in fine style and shall pre¬
serve them until I return to N. Y. when I will bring them over to the
Laboratory. We are having a very successful exhibition.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Mfv : Edison: -
One of the Little Sist'ers of the Poor desires me, to
bring before you a use for the Phonograph. The Pounder of the
order of the Little Sisters of the Poor is now living in Prance.
The order now has in it about 3,500- members, many of whom are in
this country.
The Sisters are very desirous to have the founder speak on
the phonograph a message to them. in this country.
I think that this would give a great deal of pleasure to many
and X hope that you will be able to spare one of the first phono¬
graphs made in the factory for this purpose, and to have the same
sent to Prance to be spoken on and then returned to this country.
I am willing to join in part of the expense of having this
done, and think that it would be a graceful . thing for you to take
upon yourself part of the expense.
Yours very truly,
SC
[ENCLOSURE]
Referring again to the phonographic clock idea I an
requested by Mr. Dalzell to ask you to give him an opportunity to
arrange for the taking up of the United States An this application
of the phonograph, and if yai have perf ected the ideas sufficiently
for a business to be started I would like to have your views as
to what you would require in the matter under these circumstances.
I will be pleased to hear from you at your convenience.
Tjijs, cjraniI) l»A*;iifi® ir;o;i;i5L.,
Dimkk . Pa itiasit X- GoJ'iiopiimtiws.
Mi'. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Sir:
I have been in hopes of leaving here for several days past
but am having considerab Wifficulty in floating the Illinois and .
Indian monograph Com^y. VWill you kindly lei me know when you ,il
expect me to start for China and if everything is likely to he in
readiness hy the loth of January. a the contract is ready I would
he glad if you would, cause it to he sent herein order that I may. loot
over the same.I find that Chicago capitalists are remarkably .low and
it is due to some extent by reason of the fact that a Philadelphia
syndicate has squeezed them very hard in manipulating street' railroad
I assure you I am using all possible speed in putting through
the company here and trust to be East at an early day.
The Society of Canadian Engineers are to have a meeting
at- the McGill College on January 17th, at which the Governor Gener¬
al and most of the principal men of Canada will be present*
I have been asked to furnish, if possibles Phonograph
to he exhibited and used upon that occasion* Can you assist me in
arranging to get one here for that purpose? If so.what will be
the charge for sending the Phonograph and a man to exhibit it?
It will not only be a matter of great accomodation to us, but will
be the largest advertisement that you could possibly get for the
Phonograph in Canada, ns the parties who will be here will be all
representative men, and you would be enabled to reach these men in
a manner which ciuld not be done by months of hard, work arid person
-al canvass* Will you please gibe this your personal attention and
assist me all in your power in making the arrangement for the Pho¬
nograph*’: Please answer by return mail and let me know what can be
dope*
N. J.
Dnar sir:- Some two years ago [ sold Edward
H. Johnson one half interest in a procsss of softening and h^rtening
a material for registering phonograph operations. [ have lately undo
applications for patents on a cheap and pimple method of co eying or
nuking any number of duplicates of original phonograms.
1 have v/orled Ou the Phonograph more or less of my time for the
last seven years and have invented about twenty improvements. I
would like to get them Patented or I -nil submit them to you, and if,
in your opinion, they are of any value, you can make me an offer for
Inaia; or, in other words,! will work for yoy in t tying t0 improve the
Phonograph.
As soon as I get one of your new machines t would like to Send
you samples of work done by my inventions.
I know that you have a great many men in your employ, but ! migh
make some important improvements that they would not think of.
Hoping to hear from you soon, £ am
Very
Respectfully Yours &c
< y’SEORGE H. HARTWELL,
POPULAR LECTURER AND WRITER,
Elcclricily a Specially.
December 22,1888.
My dear Mr. Edison: -
I sand you by this mail a few of my articles from
the Boston Advertiser concerning the Phonograph and electric light
which may interest you. I expect to be in New York soon, certainly by
the second week in January, and if feasible week after next. I would
like very much to have you meet the eminent author and lecturer, Mr.
W.H.H. Murray, who is an old personal friend of mine and who will ac¬
company me. As you are doubtless aware, Mr. Murray is likely to be
actively connected in the hear future with the Phonograph, and his',
ideas and line of action concerning that wonderful machine, its uses,
possibilities and method of introduction, I find to be so much like
your own that it would seem to be both desirable and important that he
should meet you as "soon as possible. Will you kindly name a date when
we can see you and let me know as soon as may be and we will* meet it.
1 should say the earlier the better, after the holidays. I wish you
a very Merry Christmas, and remain,
Yours faithfully,
GEORGE H. HARTWELL,
POPULAR LECTURER AND WRITER,
Elcclrlcily a Specially.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.
Edison’s Laboratory.
Orange, N.J.
Decemoer 22, 1868.
Dear sir:-
Youi letter of some weeks since is at hand and pray excuse
me for not answering before, I have been here and there and exceeding¬
ly busy. Please accept my thanks for the photos of the Phonograph
one e of which was forwarded me, the larger one, as I understand , being
still at my former I^ew York address. 1 shall hope to get the same
within a week or two. 1 have written to Mr. Edison by this mail ir. re¬
lation to having him meet Mr.W.H.H. Murray and will you please see that
it gets an early reply, as the matter in hand, concerning the Phono¬
graph, is of great importance. With the compliments of the season,
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, Dear. Sir:-'
As Mr. Cushing is still here in the
East, detained by illness, ; please do not. forward the
phonograph ordered to be sent him in- New Mexico until j
further notice, .but. forward when ready as 1. irntdefsi
understand they. now soon will be, ..--'the other two as j
requested in'. my last., .respectively to me. at- the above j
address. and. Mrs. Hemenway at. -40 Mt. Vernon St;., ..Boston
When Mr. Cushing, was recently in New York, .a. sudden j
illness. prevented. him from. calling upon.your,
agreeable, to. your .kind invitation, ,but .he:. hopes, scon
to . be. able to . avai l. himself .of the . privilege. . Again
than king. you. for your .kind, courtesies to the.Expedi--'
. tion, .and wishing you a. Happy. New. Year that will brinj
a. graird. success with the. Phonograph, ..It. remain
. Most, sincerely yours, _ _
Sec’y .Hemenway. Sw. A. . Expedition.
SLECTRICHL SNT6RTHINWENTS,
eor^e H. H&rlwell,
j^j^ilap , f.eetuper® on 0eefc>ieity.
lajor J. B. .poijd, /Dagager,
EVERETT HOUSE, NEW YORK.
ON APPLICATION.
Boston, Dec. 29, 1888.
Thomas A.Edison,Esq.
Dear Mr. Edison: -
Would you kindly tell me what you know
of Dr.Orazio Lugo and the new battery which he is kald to have-invente,
I understand it, to run the Phonograph. I had the impression that you
were using a cGrenet, battery and your own motor for this purpose and
think 1 must have been misinformed as to the uses to be made of Lugo>s
battery and motor; as I knew some time since that the North American
Phonograph Company were using the Lugo Motor for running the Grapho-
Phone. Can you also Mindly give me an idea how soon the Phonograph
will be on the market? An early reply would oblige,
Yours vei^ truly,
Care Boston Advertiser, Boston, Mass.
THE WESTERIff XUVriQIg1 TELEGRAPH COMPjBLHTY
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THE WESTERN UltflQIff TELEGRAPH COMPIMT
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Mr. Edison's trip around the World,
Do you know how far it is from New York to Liverpool, from Liver¬
pool to Loncbn, from London to, 0, Gala, Cala, that 's French, you see?
Cala and then to Paree, Fares, that's another French, 1-I'm quite up
in French aid from Parse to Marsa, that's another one, ad from Marsa,
— to Paree aid frcm Parse to Berlin and frcm Berlin to St. Peters¬
burg aid from St. Petersburg to Moscow and from Moscow back to St.
Petersburg ad from St.Pet ersburg to Berlin ad frcm Berlin to Vien¬
na ai d from Vienna to Monet Cailo and then you walk back to Paris,
no, no.no. You go, you go from Monte Carlo down down to Rome and then
to and see the Pope and a number of other things there ai d then
frcm Rome: you g> down — let me see ,1 don 't know lhe re you go then
yes, you get to Cairo somehow and Alexandria and- from Alexandria you
fP to to -the mouth oft he Red Sea no, to ‘"the Canal and from 1h ere
you go through the Canal to the Red Sea and frcm thB Rdd Sea
into the Gulf, or, Arabian Gulf adf»m there to Bombay and from
Bombay to Calcutta and from Calcutta to - — ---and the Malay
Archipelago ad frcm 1h ere to Hong Kong a a d fr ran- Hong Kong to
Shanghai and from Shanghai to’ Pekin aid from Pekin go back to
Shanghai and then hi d then from Shanghai to Pekin aid ft en you g>
back then to, vibrate, about four hundred times a minute aid tlein
from there to Tokio ad then at Tokio you get on the Paoific
Steamship Co, andgo to San Francisco m dthen you walk to New York.
Now there, that's a pretty good trip, isn't it? you can make that
trip for about four hundred and thirty fiye cents. That is, if you
You know how far it is from New York to Liverpool, from Liverppol to
London, from London to Calais ,0, Calais, and then to Paris, Paris,
Parse, Paree, that's another French, I'm quite up in French, and from
Pares toxMasKikaxx Marsa.from Marsa.fxa to Berlin, from Berlin to
St. Petersburg, from St. Petersburg to Moscow, from Moscow back to
Bt. Petersburg ai d from St. Petersburg to Berlin and from Berlin to
Vienna to Monte Carlo ana then you walk back to Paris, no, no, no,
no you go, you go from Monte Carlo down to Rome and tten see an than
see the- Pope and a number of other thingd there and then from
Rome you go down, let me see, I don't know vhe re you got hen, you
get to Cairo some how and Alexandria and fran Alexandria you go
to the mouth of the Red Sea and from tie Red Sea to the Gulf, tie
Arabian Gulf and fntithe re to Bombay and them fran Bombay back
to Calcutta aid from Calcutta to Liverpool and the Indian
Archipelago and from tie re to Hong Kong and fran Hong Kong to
Shanghai and cfrom Shanghai to Pekin and from Pekin back to Shang¬
hai mi tin from Shanghai to Pekin and then you go back aid forth
you vibrate, about forty times a minute al fromthereto Tbkio ,nd
tin n from Toki- y u get n the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and g>
to San Francisco, andthen you walk to New York, Now here, that's
a pretty g> od trip, isn't it? You can make that trip about fourfi
hundred and thirty five cents. That is if you are an actor.
1888. Phonograph - Companies (D-88-48)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the following companies: Edison Speaking Phonograph Co., Edison
Phonograph Co., Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co., Edison
Phonograph Works, and North American Phonograph Co. Included are letters
dealing with the manufacture of phonographs, the creation of sales agencies
and Edison’s dispute with Ezra T. Gilliland and John C. Tomlinson. Among
the correspondents are Gilliland, general agent of the Edison Phonograph Co.,
and Jesse Lippincott, president of the North American Phonograph Co.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: meeting
announcements of the various companies; routine correspondence, bills, and
receipts from creditors and suppliers; duplicate copies of selected documents;
documents that duplicate information in selected material.
Related documents can be found in D-88-16 (Edison, T.A. - Family).
Washington, D, 0. 1, 14, 1888,
X. A, Edison,
Orange, H. J,
My Dear Sir:-
The Annual election of „he Phonograph Company,
on the 34th instant, and as I have no idea that you are ",
the election yourself, it being held at Norwalk, / Conn.,
like to have your proxy if you are willing to send it to
comes off
N’ing to
X would
Yours truly,
[ENCLOSURE]
I hereby Constitute and Appoint Uriah H, Painter, my true and
lawful attorney for me, and in ray name, to vote upon any and all
shares of stock upon which I am no w, or may at any time hereafter,
be entitled to vote in the EDISON SPEAKING PHONOGRAPH COMPANY at
any regular, special, called or adjourned meeting of the stockhold¬
ers of said Company, with full power of substitution and revocation,
hereby revoking any former power of Attorney given in the premises .
Witness my hand and seal this day of January,
1888, -
Witness:
fa* -
■ Wanhincton, 0. C. 1, 19, 1S88,
My Dear Mr, Johnson ’ ' •
I Uloh yon would see if you can get a proxy from Edison
for -the election next Tuesday,
It is barely possible that some of this work of Cheevers
is based on the idea that he can .got a proxy from Edison,
He Has taken no notice of my written request to him for
a proxy, and I can see no possible harm to come xx pf your asking
for it especially as w.e intend to elect both he and Batchelor in
the Board,
In any event I thin k you had better give him the oppor¬
tunity to give it to you in case he is wanting to do it.
Yours truly,
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THOMAS A. EDISON,
E. T. GILLILAND,
Edison Phonograph Co.
19 Dey Street,
New York, Feb. 4th 1888.
A. 0. Tate Esq. ,
Dear Sir:- 1
Replying to your favor of Jan. 81st ooncorning Mr. Cos¬
ter s brother, would say that owing to delay in the manufacture of
the Phonograph, nothing has been done in regard to agencies.
We expect they will be ready for market the latter part
of this month. It is our desire that before entering into
contracts for agencies, parties should have an opportunity of
witnessing the operations of the machine. As soon as they are
out, agency matters will be taken up. All promises, of course,
hold good.
Yours truly,
Gen'l Agent.
jlLr^oy^vf1' _ '•
TAYLOR & CO..
” flaw* ffmmsfaj,
T •.-; ByZ, TAYLOR, Treas.
Washington D. 0., 2, 13, S3.
My Dear Johnson: -
Yom- endorsement of my letter to yon covering
the proposition to collect §4800 for Mr. Edison from the Grapho-
phone, together with his endorsement of it, I find on my return
from Maine.
The endorsement of Mr. Edison is signed "Edison, G."
Prom the slovenly manner in which a proposition involving a
large sum of money, is endorsed in pencil, leads me to suppose
that the "C-" is Gilliland.
Mr, Edison says he does not want to bo "coerced" l l Neither
do I.
Do you know anyone who has been, or is now endeavoring to
"coerce" him?
Do you know anyone, or any interest that ho, Edison, is
endeavoring to "coerce."
Are wo muddy ins the water that he would drink from hisjeminonco
above us on the stream?
About how long do you think it is my duty to follow him up
with overtures of friendship and good will that he throws back in
my face through the medium of a sorvant who writes with a load
pencil?
Yours truly,
(Signed)
U. H. Painter.
[ATTACHMENT]
Remarks of E. H.
Can we not Cot together and straighten thin out?
Or are you dote mined to stand by the deal you have made? It if
not a met tor of money, but of wounded pride. Upon receipt of yc
answer to this I shall take such action as will for -ever remove
from, my present unpleasant position, no that I ai
sed So a medium for unsatisfactory correspondent
of all my long cherished ambitions in this Phono
me no slight regret, but bettor that than this so
no longer be
ee. The burial
matter will co
irt of thing.
st
(Signed) E. H. J,
[ATTACHMENT]
Copy.
Washington, D. 0., March 1, 1888.
E. T. Gilliland, ;
Dear sir: -
I have your favor of the 36th
inst. and note contents. I shall be glad to come over to Hew
York for a day or so upon notification from you. i ^ not in_
tend to mate a public exhibition here at first in the strictest
sense of the word.
in case however I can arrange for the White House exhibitior
I would like you to come over.
If you can succeed in duplicating the wax you will do what
the other fellows have not accomplished yet. It is a very impor¬
tant part of the business without doubt.
I trust that Edison will not be liberal with the oldPhono-
°rM *°r >»''« *■» —wain, to boom th.<gKi&l»
Ponograph. Especially i, this tra. of Potato' .
1 .tsh y<u could arrange tl„ Ph„n<,s„ph ri(pu,0
tan through «t as early a Sat. as possible because 1 do not earn
to have Vlloan lose Interest. I thin* „e are solus to state some
coney out of the seh-e. r,et hear free, you fluently.
Yours very truly,
(Signed)
E. Z. Maguire.
THOMAS A*. EDISON,
/ Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York,
March 19th,
T. A. Edison, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
E. T. GILLILAND,
Enclosed is a copy of the letter sent to the young woman in
Washington who has been stuck with Graphophono stock. The letter
was written by Tomlinson as you suggested;
1 also enclose a letter ’from Maguire which will probably
interest you. Please note what he says in regard to Painter.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
THOMAS a(( EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
March 16th, 1888*
COPY. .
Miss Iiouiso H. Patterson,
The Buckingham,
Washington, D.C*
Your letter of March 1st reached me some days since and it
has received my careful consideration.
I never directly or indirectly, justified the belief that 1
would combine or hr ve anything to do with the Graphophono Company;
but on the contrary * was careful from the first -'to' refuse to oven
negotiate with them* (
It is a matter -of the greatest regret that my name should
have been used in any. way as a means of selling Graphophono stock.
It would seem to me that if the stock to which you refer was
sold to you under the representation that arrangements would be
made botwoon myself and tho Graphophono Company, the law might
afford you some relief and it might be well for you to oonsult
some attorney in whom you have confidence*
Youra truly,
(Signed) Thos. A. Edison,'
President.
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
Marsh 19th*
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My dear Edlson!-
Tho commercial end of the Phonograph business needs my per¬
sonal attention badly and X think from this time forward I shall
give it all of my time. I will enumerate the important things
that ought to bo -attended to at once and you will readily see that
it will take up all of my time between now and the time when the
factory will begin to turn out maohines.
First; to determine accurately the cost -of the apparatus, as
this forms the basis of all of our agency contracts and it is ab¬
solutely necessary for us to know these facts before we can nego¬
tiate with any agency.
Second; So get out the cuts and prepare the matter for the
descriptive pamphlets and cuts and written matter for the book of
instructions. As the matter now stands, we are within two weeks
or less, of having machines ready for market and not one contract
closed with any agent and no printing or advertising matter of
any kind. Up to the present time this has been unavoidable, but
it need not be postponed any longer, as it is definitely under-
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
T. A. E. 4s.
stood just what we are going to put out and I can have a machine
within the next two or three days to put into the hands of the
draughtsman and engravers and within the next few days if I give
my time to it, we can determine all questions of costs of manu¬
facture. The detail cuts of the recorder and the reproducer can
be left until the last thing so as to include any changes that you
are likely to make*
Keller is clear up on his parts to the commutator and the
brass part of the spectacle and the feed lever* He ought to have
these parts at once or he will be obliged to lay off some tool
makers. •
I sat down with Batchelor Saturday and gave him my. ideas, in
regard to the unfinished part. . He can finish thm up just as
well as I can and has said that he would be very glad to do so.
All of the money that we expect to make out of the Phonograph
from this time forward depends upon this end of the business and
T trust that you will agree with me that it needs my undivided time
and very best efforts.
Yours truly,
THOMAS A. EDISON, E, x> GILLILAND,
President. Gen’i, Aoknt.
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York. "4l
March 19th, 1888.
A. 0. Tate, Esq'*
The Edison laboratory.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I have sent a personal letter to Mr. Edison oh Phonograph
matters which I trust that you will see that he gets as soon as it
reaches you and get an expression of opinion or an answer and
telephone it to me at once*
Don’t forget the Phonograph bills; your check is ready at
any time you let me know the amount.
THOMAS A. EDISON,^ E. T, GILLILAND,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
March 19th, 1888.
A. 0, Tate, Esq.,
The Edison laboratory.
Orange,- N.J.
My dear Tatel-
Eor the next few weeks and until the Phonograph business is
well under way T shall probably have’ occasion to send Mr. Edison
a good many communications for the reason that for every step I
take I want his approval. T shall of course make these as few and
as brief as possible, but I would like to have you see that' he
gets them promptly. Please take them up out of their turn and not
let them go tho way of tie regular correspondence.
The business end of the Phonogfapfe mattors has been greatly
delayed and I want to try and bring them up by working quickly.
I will consider this a special favor if you will give it your
attention.
Yours vory truly ,
THOMAS
E, T. GILLILAND,
Thog. A. Edison,
Orange, N.J,
My Dear Edison :-
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
X was taken sick Monday and have boon confined to the
house evor since, otherwise T would have been out to see you, to
get yo’r viows in regrrd to useing the present form of Phonograph
for establishing the agencies and getting them undor way, which
will probably fill in between now and the time when we will bo
ready to supply the new ones. Tt will, 0f course, be greatly
to our advantage if wo do not put out any of the machines until
we can furnish the ones embracing ail the improvements.
It takes about two weeks to get first-class cuts. My
descriptive pnmphlot is about, ready to go to print. If the ex¬
ternal appearance of the machine is greatly changed I suppose I
should have new cuts. I have written elsewhere inquiring if
these changes were going to make any alteration in the price.
Yours truly.
Washington, March 28, 1888.
Dear Gilliland, -
I am not in receipt of any letter from you
recently, but having some information of value X waive ceremony.
X enclose you a copy of a letter received by mo yesterday
from Sumner Tainter, the constructor of the Graphophono, which
has been one of the greatest surprises of the Phonograph-Grapho-
phone controversy to me. I possibly told you that formerly we
wore groat friends. This letter is the outgrowth of the interview
m Sunday s Capital, and the paragraph that stated that "I could
not understand why it was if the CTraphophone people thought thev
had anything of value in the invention they persisted in shoving
Bell forward as the inventor, unless it w as to sell stock" caught •
his eye. Ho is evidently being badly treated by his own crowd
who are capable of such things as I long ago told him. The
article has had a good effect here and the whole crowd outside of
ire very much ixcfc kkesI: e dx it incensed at it.
Taint a:
A letter has been written you recently from Hon. J. Sterling
Morton/ of Nebraska, so ho states, desiring to make an arrangement
ior territory. Mr. Morton is a personal friend of mine. He 'is ex
Governor of Nebraska and is one of the leading business men of tho
Vo w “VI * principal att-orney for the Burlington Railroad
(a. B. & Q. ) and is of the firm of Joy, Morton & Co. If you write
me that everything is in proper shape he will probably come over
with mo if it is agreeable to you. Ho knows all the railroad
people of any consequence in the country arrl is a man of fine
character and groat executive 'ability and wealth. I would be
glad if you would wire me to-morrow the condition of tho machines
and when you are to bo ready without fail.
I am still ready to go into that proposition to got a big
■ stock and you and I divide tho commissi oi
block of J3di st
Your s very truly,
( Signed ) Frank Z. Maguin
[ENCLOSURE]
o o p
Y .
Laboratory of the
Arne rie an Graphophone Company,
laio Conn. Ave., Washington, March 26th, 1888.
My Dear Maguire : -
Thank you very much for your kind words in my
behalf in the Sunday Capital. There seems to be a desire on the
part of certain people connected v/ith the Graphophone to profit
at my ojqpense by representing that the machine is the work of
Prof. Bell, and I assure you that your statement is fully appreci¬
ated by me. I am sorry, however, that you are connected with
the Edison interests as I should much prefer having you on our
I was under the impression that ratters had been satisfac¬
torily arranged with you in regard to oiu- Agency for the Pacific
Coast and only a few days ago I wrote to Mr. J. R. Roche of San
Francisco who had written to mo about that territory and advised
him to correspond with you upon that subject.
I shall be glad to know why you have deserted our cause for
up to a day or two ago I had supposed that things were harmonious,
Mrs. Tainter and myself send regards to Mrs. Maguire and as
soon as you let us know your address will have great pleasure in
calling upon you both.
Your s sincerely,
Chas. S. Tainter.
Original is not a dictated letter but appears in the handwriting
Of Mr. T.ain+.nr °
Washington, I). C., March 29,88
E. T. Gilliland, Esq.,
Mow York.
Dear Sir:-
I ha vo your valued favor of the 29th and note contents
I am glad to rcceivo anything in the shape of nov/s from headquar¬
ters. Sorry for the delay in getting out the machines. I have
given my consent to appear before the Franklin Institute on the
18th proximo and it would he a serious disappo intmont to thorn not
to bo able to do so. I am satisfied Gov. Morton would come over
if the delay does not extend beyond next Wednesday. I find out
from Gen. Raum that Gov. Morton is one of the best men that could
possibly bo found for the territory in question. Ho could bo of
great assistance in the fight which is bound to come with the
Graphophono. I enclose you a couple of newspaper paragraphs in
regard to the contract the Graphophono people have entered into.
Could you not find out something in regard to business standing
of Lippincott who has taken up the contract. I sincerely trust
that you iixupla folks will not allow the fake to come on the mar¬
ket first for the reason that it will receive a large amount of
publicity which should come to us and which we cannot get after
the subject has been "written out." Vfe will gain great headway
by being’ out first. From what I can gather there are 200 Grapho¬
phono s in Hew York Oity now. I trust you will give this matter
serious consideration.
Were you not greatly surprised at the 'fainter letter. It
thoroughly demonstrates to me that ho is dissatisfied with the way
the syndicate are acting tuid that he would be glad indeed to get
out if he could. Bell is a party to the fraud for the reason ho
allows his name to bo used as inventor and does not say a word
although ho is thoroughly aware that the deception is being prac¬
ticed upon the public.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Frank Z. Maguire.
T. GILLILAND,
7/
THOMAS A. EDISON,
^ Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York,
Mar oh 31st, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
The laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose a letter from Maguire which please peruse and re¬
turn as the clippings attached contain sone information concern¬
ing their business which I want to have on file in the office.. You
will please notice that this contract, with •lippincott has been
approved by the stockholders.
X want. to have you make for me, Monday if possible, photo¬
graphs of the standard Phonograph. I want them for the engravers.
As the formoof the machine is definitely settled this work can go
ahead at once and it is very important that it should be gotten
out this coming week, otherwise it will be late. Xt will be- a
great advantage to Souraud if electrotypes of these cuts can be
sent to him with his first. Phonographs and also that he should havV
copies of our descriptive pamphlets, price-lists and all othep
printed matter which we are preparing for the business. You
appreciate the fact that nothing whatever could have Been done on
the cuts and v ry little could have been written descriptive of the
apparatus until the present time, owing to ’the' uncertainty as to
T-.JA. E, 2
i”S* *»«d be added to It. it », ap tMo
mt” "°' °m rr’°‘ “ " hard as possible it n, nbt be . „„
•oe .eon. a, the fetor, Wll b.8i„ lur„ TOS01ar m„Mm.
in , little more than . fro„ thl, pl>><e ^ ^ ^
in thi. mat ter all pan. If Wo]!,on ^ , „„ ^
bate it done in „o, Port, bnt preeomo pret.r doi„8 i, i»
the laboratory,
o tried talking on a cylinder turned off with a fast speed
and it works all right.
Yours truly.
JOHN R. SHEPARD, Vic. Pr.sid.nl,
GEO. F. DODGE, S<
American Indurated Fibre
CO.,
MANUFACTURERS
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E. TV GILLILAND,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
1 9 Dey Street,
New York.
April 16th, 1888.
&(<'
Th03. A. Edison, Esq.,
- Orange, H.j. ^
My dear Edison:-
Toppan has told me about the exhibition to the Press^that y)
propose to give at the laboratory. Please put it off for a few
days until Keller gets out some of the perfect machines and we
getbour figuring finished, so that wp will know the selling price
to the public. .We have got it nearly finishedup and I will be
out to see you lust as soon as it is completed.
X have not brought a Phonograph to t'->e office: I have
one at my house, whore I take the agents in the evening to show
it to them. It is working first-class.
Yours truly,
THOMAS
E, T. GILLILAND,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
April 18th, 1888.
T. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir.:-
We have all of the figures relating to the Phonograph and
Tomlinson will bo out with me tommorrow afternoon and we would
like to spend the evening with you on these matters. in eaae
you should have some other engagement, or don't want to see us.
Please notify us. It is of great importance, as we can do no
business until the questions of prices, etc., are settled.
Yours very truly.
J? iicu faMgCltsU? :
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
E. T. GILLILAND,
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
April 23rd, 1888.
I enclose a clipping from the Washington "Capitol? which
Maguire sends me today. I have ordered some of the copies and
will place them where they will do the most good.
I sent out to you today, with a letter of introduction,
two young men who are going to act as agents for the sale of the
Phonograph in the West. Mr. Gaston is a brother of Daisy Gaston
Mr. Marsfe has been his partner in a business in Chicago where they
have had great success, acting as agents for the Carbolic Smoke
Ball Company. They managed ^his business exceedingly well, nett¬
ing them from fifteen to eighteen hundred dollars per month, and
thoy have sold out their interest to the parent company for ten
thousand dolla rs. This gives them plenty of ready capital.
They are exceedingly anxious to get into the business. Please get
your school room in good working order for as soon as I notify
the other agents that we are ready for business, we shall have a
large lot of them. All of these parties will have an employee;
anpractical man, who will be educated thoroughly in the handling
of the machine, but acting on your suggestion, which I think an
excellent one
thing to do #
the machine.
wo will endeavor to have every person having any-
h it, thoroughly instructed in the management of
Yours very truly,
Enclosure!
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
April 23rd, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Toppan has notified me that you want me to come out to f±
fix up the prices of parts, etc. Unless you want me to come at
ftnce, i should like t0 wa.t untn jQhn ana T can fix thQ
contracts, and make them conform to the new prices and discounts.
I have written Tate, to say that the contracts just as they are,
should not be copied into the minute books, as the changes in
prices and discounts, make it necessary to alter the contracts.
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
April 33rd, 1888.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
The Edison laboratory.
Orange, N.J.
My dear Tate:-
I forgot to mention, that the contracts just as they are
should not be copied into the minute books, as the changes in
prices and discounts will necessarily make considerable alteration
John has agroed to attend to this tomorrow and X expect to be out
there with them Wednesday night and if they are found to be cor¬
rect, you can then enter them up.
Yours very truly.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
April 25th,
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir
I have a telegram from Jim Gilliland in regard to the
mixture that we use for coating the inside of the battery boxes.
He says he can't obtain the Mexican asphalt there ,= and inquires
if the Egyptian asphalt will do as well? Please let me know at
once, so that I may telegraph him instructions.
Yours truly,
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T‘ A* Eflis0M» l'l. Y., May 1, 1888.
Will go see you to-morrow. Suppose you will be. ready
to talk phonograph?
R. L. Cutting.
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Edison Phonograph Works,
Bloomfield, N. J.
• Cfentlemen:-
Vfe regret to have again to call your
attention to your account which has stood so long '
unsettled. Your last favor led us to believe that '■ » ,
this would be attended to on receipt of a credit alC;v\
lowance which the enclosed memorandum will show you
was made on the 19th of last month/ Wo must again
beg a check in full to cover at your very earliest
convenience.
Yours truly,
The Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.,
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My dear Edison:-
As the Phonograph is of no use without the wax cylinders
can't wo patent the cylinder in Canada and allow the agents to
manufacture, and thereby comply with the patent laws and give full
protection to our entire trade by so doing?
noekerill sends me the enclosed letter, which hejtook
from the waste basket, to give us an idea of the thousand or more
crank letters which they have received since the phonograph
article was publishod. He has askedme to come up and see him in
regard to furnishing Item with Phonographs.
I want to mention to you one fact which I may forget
later on;, without detracting anything from Lathrop's efforts
in workingup the press, Price of th Eloctrical Review did a
great deal of good work by personally visiting a great many
newspaper people and doing what he could to whoop the thing up.
Notwithstanding t'->e bad weather, the Phonograph at the
Club is attracting crowds.
I sent over one agent today and others will be coming
T. A. E. 2
along very soon and I will have your school room in full blast
very soon.
Yours truly ,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
May
17th, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
th confeliance with your repeat by telephone , we have
instructed Mr. Taft «tf hhve *h» dommenoe work at
once.
Yours very truly-.
JOHN C. TOMLINSON,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
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COPY 0? CONTRACT WITH 0. H. BROWN & no.
Pitchers, Mass., May 23d, 1888.
laboratory of Thoms A. Edison,
Orange, IT. J.
Gentlenun:-
Mo vri.ll build for you, in the best manner, ani
best materials, one of our Automatic Cut-Off Steam Engines,
a cylinder 10 inches bore, by 42 inches stroke, ard Pulley*
Wheel 14 feet diameter, by 25 inches face, turned for belt.
of the
having
Balance
The Crank Shaft and Connecting Rod to be made of the Best
Forged Iron; the Piston Rod, Cross Head and Crank Pins of Steel'
and such small parts as are most liable to wear, 'of Steel and ’
hardened. With the engine we will furnish Stop Valve, Governor
Oil Pump for Cylinder, Sight-Feed Oil Cups, and all necessary
wrenches. „
Wo will furnish the time of an Engineer to set up and start
the engine, without charge for his services, you to pay his
travelling expenses and board, and furnish all necessary assistance
together with proper tools, for handling and placing in position
the heavy parts. Should there be delay in sotting up the Engine
occasioned by imperfect foundations, or by waiting for the same to
be constructed, or for pipes, belting, fcc., the time of, the engi¬
neer during such delay to be charged in the account.
You to provide Foundations and everything pertaining thereto,
with the exception of Foundation Drawing, which we will furnish.
Engine to be delivered F. 0. B. cars in Orange, N. J. and to
be shipped within five weeks fran roc eipt of an order.
Price, Twenty-three hundred dollars (§2,300). Net Cash,
payable when the engine is set up and in running order; or' if you
should not be ready to have it Aippod or set up at the time
agreed upon, payment to be due at the time the engine would have
be.en ready to run if it had been shipped and sot up at the time
Title to the Engine not to pass until it is paid for in full
Yours truly, (Signed) C. H. Brovin & Co .
We accept the above proposition.
EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS,
’ By (Signed) THOMAS A. EDISON,
. President.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
E. T. GILLILAND,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
May 24th , 1838.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orango, N.J. ^
My hear Edison:- • ■
Win the ohango. thos-4o b.i„e
in the Phonograph odd anything to th. cot, thnnw,,.,
r. there ony reason Why I can 1 1 go ahead ana i.,,,.
d..o«pt,vo pamphlets and -note .oiling prlo. gtjg,, „io610 plM„
•.100 and With cabinet $130?^^ - '/T7
dabinets Pan typowM,.,.. „,ail fo_ ^ ma ^
ir: 2 iae* °r * ™Md b* «*« * ~ u ^
b ~ - *• **- - own, win tho ba.tory, M a_
at tho top hold wax ot
over thn vu top to olose d0Wl
over the Phonograph when not in use. Eltho
, . S® Either make the desk or
cabinet, sufficiently wide so that th ♦
on it or h typewriter can be placed
ave an extension shelf that can be drawn out.
,d r~’ m°8t likely’ bG US°d ^^orsally i„ reai_
d°«bt, be a great many offices Where
donees , and there will
they will bo wanted.
■rr,nCM "«■ «• to «o OS „ ,
3 “ «”ial onbinot, ala
T. A. E. 3
with a largo, first-class furniture
lot me know if tho action
meets with your approval, or do you
matters yourself?
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manufacture to do tho same.
X have taken in this matter
prefer attending to these
Yours very truly.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
May 25th, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:- /
Toppan has told me about the sale of the stock in Boston
and the action you are proposing to take in the matter, and what
the influence has been that has brought "this about, and I must
say that I am surprised that you should fall in so readily with
the ideas of those who may be considering their own personal inter¬
ests as against the interests of yourself and all others; cer¬
tainly that is the way it looks to mo. But the object, of this
letter is not to criticiso, but to give you my views on the subject
I have said to Mr. Toppan ad Mr. Lathrop and a great
many others, that I considered the Phonograph stock worth 150, for
/
the reason that I think that a business, the prospects of which
are so good as the Phonograph 3oems to be, would bo a good invest¬
ment at a price which would moke it a dividend earning one, if the
enterprise realized one/half of what is estimated.
According tcy the terms of my contract, the sales for the
first year would be ^27,450 machines at a net profit to the Company
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
THOMAS
T. A. E. S
of twelve dollars each , or two hundred and nine thousand four hun-
dred dollars, to which add the amount you have boon guaranteed
on the d*ll contract, eight thousand dollars, then add a reasona¬
ble estimate of the increased income on the sale of the nickle-
plated and cabinet machines, twenty-five thousand dollars, then
add the profit on supplies, which I have carefully calculated n
and find to be sixty-one thousand dollars. This added up makes
three hundred thousand dollars profit per annum for the Phonograph
Company, on a capitalization of twelve hun dred thousand dollars,
the sale of which at one hundred and fifty , would be eighteen
hundred thousand dollars. Three hundred thousand is about seven¬
teen per cent on this investment. Now make a very liberal alloww
anee, that we will only do one-half of the business estimated,
then it will still pay eight per cent on its cost. This esti¬
mate of the amount of buisness that we can do has been submitted
to good men who have applied for territory from all parts of the
United States, and has never been considered as being over esti¬
mated. Wo have gone so far as to compare it with other business
certain district of twenty counties of New York State, in whih
the sales for one year of sewing machines
amounted to forty thous-
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
and , pianos one hundrod and fifty thousand, typewriters fofty
thousand and of telephone rentals ninty-six thousand dollars.
Our estimate of business for the Phonograph in the same
district amounts to eighteen thousand dollars.
You have seen fit to put the commercial part of the
Phonograph in my hands. I ha e been making a very thorough can¬
vass of the matter and it would seem to me that X am much bettor
able to estimate the value of the stock than Mr. Perry or John,
"ho have never given those matters a moments thought and know
nothing about it whatever,; and as I have said before are proba¬
bly influenced by their personal interests.
Being able to find purchasers for the amount of stock
sold at this price, I consi der to bo a very fortunate circumstance;
the money that you need can be raised, on this basis, by the sac-'
rifice of a smaller proportion of your stock.
Boston people arc glad to pay 280 for Bell Telephone
which only pays 18* on par with an occasional 4* extra. I think
this idea that advantage is being taken of a person who pays 150
for Phonograph stock, is all bosh, in view of the above showing
md thS fa0t that Graphophone stock is at the present time selling
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
THOMAS A. EDISON,
4 New York.
at a higher figure. I think you ought not to hesitate one moment
as between a sale of stock to a wealthy community, at 15 o por
share, as against hawking it around the street by a broker at 110.
The Forbes family absorbed thowholo Boll Telephone Co.
The family to whom the stock has been sold might do the same
thing with the Phonograph Company, a much more desirable thing
than to have the stock peddled around in order to give some broker
or his friends an opportunity to speculate.
In regard to my proposed sales in Washington, I have
^never quoted ajprice, always told them to mfcke an offer and it would
bo promptly accepted or declined. I warned them in my last corre¬
spondence that as they were so slow, it would probably be 300 by
the time they decided.
While I am not ver • ill, I am confined to the house,
but expect to be out tomorrow. I trust you will conside* the cir¬
cumstances under which this letter is written, and I hope you will
give the above careful consideration.
Yours very truly.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
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Edison Phonograph Co.,
i J f 19 Dey Street,
New York.
May 36 th, 18 8.
_JEhos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edi s on : -
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Tho managers of the fcicjp^InUitute-of Technology, in
t, * 6 Ke [•ht'Cll-Cii A sum. rtf' —
Boston, have been exceedingly anxioL for $, to-^Ao them an ex-
bibition of the Phocsruph.
your instruct ions, X provisos Lot &f
*”°"M 6s *» '»» In.tituty^lJ’nox,
Boston Electric Blub, wtb *omVfcfcfSrferr™^ ' ^
and said that wo wore under pronns'e t^i^ibit aAtho Institute
Of foctaolosy, but the follo«ne%^^^c'ri*ibUV^£’
at the Electric Blub. In vie. o?tbe r^tlniroba^, of stock
in Boston, and as a means of creating a good impression on (those
parties, would it not be woll to carry out this programme at as
early a date as possible, and can’t you help me out in this matter
to the extent of lotting me have Hamilton and perhaps 6ne other?
T think I can get Gaston and Marsh. Prof. Prose, of the Institute
of Technology has volunteered to give a lecture on the Phonograph
at the Institute and will probably repeat the same thing at the
KlccVic Blub. Tbic b„„0r, nol „„y lworlmti M ^ thoy
THOMAS A. EDISON^ E. T. GILLILAND, ^
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
T. A. E. 2
want is to see. the mrchine, and we could take with us about six
or eight machines, and with these show the music, talking, type¬
writing and type-setting.
If you approve of this, I will make the dates, and. then
lathrop friends can bo invited, and it will probably create a
better impression on them-than it would to send over an . instrument
and man especially to exhibit the machine to them, and possibly
create the idea in their minds that they had done us a great favor
in purchasing stock.
Yours truly,
A ^
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THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,^.
New York.
Thos A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
I enclose
9uu,
June Hth, 1888.
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jX
:opy of a lgt/.eg
to about fifty first-class^
propose
^X&gsjss
•4m d have alreadyN^pok-
en to a few and the most .PfeS.' say that they
in-1-/ A A*
commend some good young men.^ . ) ...
Jf C W . y
I have had a talk with Gouraud and explained to him the
importance of having men skilled frTlbh^s^t'ing hip and adjustment
of thommachines , and particul ar ly ‘impor t^t^o "hi irf/ beir4 sojfar
LAl'f.uwC r 0-^- *7/
He will avail himself of om- school.
. wo fix a range of pay
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that they are to receive from $35 to $50 per month ^according to
the importance of the position oy fill, wju^a^osno c t — .
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of increasing it as the business developGs-. I remember tHfat in
some of our c onversat ions .on thc^ubjic^i^ wo^e inflw'of
<=£==-• '
using machinists and instrument makers for this workj^-all of this
class of people with whom I have talked, expect to ben>ut On sal- '
ary at one and expect to receive full wages. As Phonograph in-
from headquarters.
I sugges that, we reprosej
propose to educate for our business^ ^th Jft*" i
T. A. E. 2
spectors are not going to be called upon to file or fit, but simply
to adjust, I fflbn't think it will be of enough advantage to Us to
have men who have learned a trade, to justify the payment of the
larger salary that they will require.
I propose to adopt the plans of the Sewing Machine Co^s
in the selling and setting up of machines; that is, the salesmen
and canvassers obtain the order, the machine is delivered by our
wagon and an inspector, who, will also be an instructor will gollow
and set up the machine and instruct the purchaser in the usoof it.
The class of men that we will have as salesmen, men of
good address and competent to make a sale, will be too expensive
to utilize their time as inspectors and instructors. For instance,
I have engaged one canvasser for Now York who has sold as high as
28 typewriters in one month, giving him a profit of upwards of $400
The typowr-f ter companies pay only about. #50 or $60 per
month to the inspectors who go around and put their machines in
operation. I find that sowing machine and typewriter people do
not employ mechanics who have learned a trade, as inspectors and
adjusters, but take good bright follows and educate them up in
that business. If you approve of my plan, and are ready to re¬
ceive them, I can send out as many men as you can take care of.
With very few exceptions, .all of the parties Whom I have
negotiated with to act as our agents, oxpect me to furnish this
class of help. I think wo had bettor Ifejirosont to these young men
T. A. E. 3
that it will take abotu two months to become sufficiently skilled
in the business to enable them to fill a position. This will about
fill in between now and the time we are ready to deliver machines.
I am very anxious to get out and see the new machines and
shall do so very soon, but I have from 20 to 30 callers per day,
which together with our mail, occupies tho entire day, and on ac¬
count of my being sick, we sonv' hund- ed or more letters behind.
However, I have engaged more help and we will be rtffoght up by
tomorrow night.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
E. T. GILLILAND,
Gen’i. Agent.
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
juno 5th,
1888.
Dear Sir:-
In all of the Agencies which are being organized through
out the United States and Europe for the introduction of the Phono¬
graph, there will be, required, men skilled in the setting up and
adjustment of the machines*
Some Agents will themselves select men for this work,
but in most cases they have asked us to supply them with persons
familiar with the details of the instrument.
To enable us to do this, we propose to form at the lab¬
oratory at Orange, a limited calss of young men who will be train¬
ed as phonograph inspectors under Mr. Edison's personal supervision,
prom six weeks to two months will probably be required to gain the
necessary proficiency.
When, from time to time, wo are called upon to furnish
skilled men, they will bo taken from this class according to their
ability to fill the positions offered. We believe this to be
an excellent opportunity for unemployed young men to enter a busi¬
ness that promises extensive development.
If you have among your acquaintances a capable young man
between 18 and 85 years of age, who needs such an opportunity, we
shall be glad to place him in this class upon your recommendation.
Upon presentation at this office of a lotter from you
he will bo directed how to proceed. 1
Yours truly,
Gen'l Agent.
. !l -'"i
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
sj June 6 th ^1888.
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ails fo:tf Europe gr» Satur- \
is exceedingly mxioas >ta hake
tAh-t -££/
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
Mr. Pulitzer
day, to be gone several
a Phonograph with him in Europe." Mr. Cookorill-has written me a
letter on the subject, and Mr. Counter, \he(>ssist^n,t manager has , '
called several times. There is no doubt,. ...that this would he a f
fc 'eX'-'-'-a-Cv* tl Xjt Jt ULo-^J 1 —
great card for us ad they have said to me that we would lose nothv
Ulv tf-ZCUbs — (x-v i 0-C
ing by complying with his request. v J /
91 efU^y^-tv'
X have spoken to Col. Qouraud and
ouraud and he/ appreciates the ijn=_
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portanco of the matter and is(jfilling that it should bo .done/ if ^
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possible. I did not eneouraiw
snouia bo .done, if
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&-*U- l. r Cb Q-btK.ee
Saturday, but said that we could probably arrange tojhav'e one very
euLc-v rv m . "La CyKr-e*Tkj
soon thereafter. Mr. Coulter explained to' me, that Mr. Pultizer
vrould tke a man with him competent, to manage it—so that if we can
get a good machine, there is no doubt but that he will make it, work
successfully. I need not dwell on the value,, to-us-of the free ad¬
vertising we would get if this t!
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EdisoivF Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
June 13th, 1888.
ENCLOSURE.
Thos. A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
1 jilL •VvvA. W-CT..
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I enclose horowith a letter from D. H. Pitch in regard
to his battery. As the question of battery is certainly an im¬
portant one to us, and as Pitch has had so much esqperience, would
it not be well to give him the data which he asks for in regard
to our motor. He has said that he would then design a form of
battery having proportions suited to our requirements.
If you will take the trouble to read his letter, you
will see that ho is well posted in batteryS.
Yours truly.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
June '112 th y^fl88j
tf p<r
Thos. A. Edison, Esq., f)
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X send herewith a saipje of the tubWalf^ the
lean Indurated Eibre Company and also their let if# ^lircfi' states
that they can make other sizes and thi^^st^
Ifc ls a very str°ng and cheap material and I thq^ht
perhaps it might be utilized for mailing boxes.
Yours trily,
PW’-OOp
^WashfrJ0?"1™?* ,Vut*{ ^*t*
Tabor Steam ^ng^Governor S
Office of Pena *0*7" t!
Manning, Maxwell & Moore, HT?'
Railway and Machinists’Toolsand Supplies, *r.(; £m».X
Nos. I I 1 & 113 LIBERTY STREET.
STENOGRAPHIC LETTER
H.S.M.
June 12th, 18881
The Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N.J.
Gentl emen:-
On your order No. 252, given us by Mr Livor a fewMlay:
ago, a number of the goods are ready, but we supposed ttet yi
were not ready for the s hipment at present. Shali we wait f
shipments to be made until we can hear frcm Mr Livor. W
We notice that you' have changed your address from
Bloomf iel d t o Orange, N.J.
The matter of pullers is in the hands of Mr Brother
hood, who will give it prompt attention.
We expect the blue prints and full instructions
in reference to the Cupola tomorrow, when they shall be forwarded
to you.
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Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
June 20 th, 188. yj''
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Thos. n. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
I enclose a letter and’ sketch of a battery' from Pitch
I have no doubt but that we have zincs and carbons in suitable
sizes to make the tests of battery, and if you desire, I will see
that he furnishes us with a stifficient, quantity of excitant for
the purpose. In view of the importance of this subject to us, I
think it will bo worth while to make the test.
Yours very truly,
/'V
THOMAS A. EDISON,
a. T. GILLILAND,
Gbn’j.
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
June 20th, 1888.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory ,
Orange, N.J. ■>.- ’
HyrBear Tate:-
Some time ago I sent Mr. Edison a copy of a letter
written by Taintor, the Graphophone man, to Maguire. I think it
was about two months ago, and if you have it on file I. would like
to get it back. It can be used to advantage in the 'negotiations
now pending.
Yours very truly.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
June 20th, 1888.
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A. 0. Tate, Esq. ,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Tate:-
1 enclose a letter which will explain itself. Can you
accomodate this party, or put me in the way of doing so?
I think it is well for us to avail ourselves of every
opportunity of this kind. Edison will not object to it and they
will undoubtedly mention the Phonograph at length and in that way
we get a good free "ad".
I can get an electrotype of tho Electrical Review, but
as that looks more like John L. Sullivan than it does like Edison,
perhaps wo had better furnish them with something else if we have
it on hand.
Yours v ry truly,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
June 30th, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
Concerning the exhibition of the Phonograph in Boston
I desire to make an explanation. By your instructions, I promised
t.o make the first exhibition of the Phonograph in Boston, at the
Institute of Technology, and at the very urgent solicitation of
some of the prominent members of the Electric Club, I promised to
make the second exhibition at their Club House. Upon opening up
communication with the Institute of Technology I found that they
had closed for tho season and do not open until next Tall. V/e
therefore considered that arrangement off and the Electric Club
people assumed that the promise to them held good and announced t ■
the thing as per the enclosed circular. I immediately wrote them
to say that no exhibition would be made of the old machine and
that the now apparatus would not be ready by that time. They were
very persistent and brought a great deal of pressure to bear and I
promised that when the new instruments were out, we would make an
exhibition at their club and that I would use my best endeavors
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to induce you to be present on that occasion, and with that under-
standing they let me off. Some of the most prominent people in
Boston had signified their intention of being present, among them
Phillip Brooks and the Mayor, Forbes, Bowditch and many others
whom T can't remember, and when the time comes round I think that
you ought, to try and run over, as a little recreation would not do
you any harm.
Yours very truly,
[ENCLOSURE]
BbEe^ie- Sheijs.
OO Boylston Street.
.Tune Olh, 1 &3S.
Dear Sir:
r; 2,Vlf *Lirst Annirersavt/ of the J Boston
Jilectric Club will ha celebrated THURSDAY
JUNE 21st, 1888, to which cl few guests are
invited, one of whom, is yourself,
A Reception will be held at the Club
Rooms, from 1 to < 1.30 D. M., and will
include addresses tend an exhibition or
THE EDISON IMPROVED PHONOGRAPH. The well
Hnown electrician, JTr. R. I. Gilliland ,
will explain its operation, and Mi\ Thos.
^.L. JtiClLson is also expected, to be present.
At the conclusion of the Reception Cere-
monies guests and members will be coix-
veyecl to the Ringham Steamboat Com-
.pa-ny s wharf, where a steamer will be
tahenjor ATantashct Reach. (Dinner will
be served there at the Roeliland Rouse
promptly at 6.30 p. m. A.t 0.30 p m
special cars, via the Old Colony Railroad,
wilt convey the guests and members bach
to Boston .
It is imperatively necessary that the
Secretary receive early notice of your ac-
e-eptance to be present, as arrangements
will be made only for those who respond
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
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THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
York.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq<
Orange, N.J,
Dear Sir
Referring to th
matter; we have seen Mr. Myer at the Y/eber
his understanding in regard to the matter
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and have learned
i as follows t
the piano was sent to the Laboratory to be used for several months;
if after that time you decided to purchase the piano, the Weber
people were to make you an offer of the best possible terms. If
you decided not to keep it, rental was to be paid, not higher then
that usually charged professionals; no definite offer was made.
You wore to bear the expense of cartage; The instrument, that was
furnished you is the best piano that they make./ The catalogue
price is $1400. 00.'. Their net retail price ^4 $1030.00 and the not
wholesale price to large housos is $730.00. They offer you the
piano for $600.00 cash, agreeing to keep it in tune, free of ex¬
pense, for a year and guaranteeing to keep it perfect, for five
years. Any defects that cannot be remedied in the instrument you
now have, will be made good by a now piano without expense to you.
If you do not desire to purchase the piano the rental
will be at the rate of $30.00 per month, beginning at the date of
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delivery in Feb. and cartage of §10.00 each way.
•They ask that these figures be considered oonfidental
and in consideration- of these favorable terms, they desire to have
it understood that no other make of piano is to be brought into
competition with their piano at the Laboratory and that every fa-'-
cility shall be given for its use. They add, that if in the future
any extra instrument is temporarily needed, they will be very glad
to loan it to you free of expense, you to bear the expense of trans¬
portation, however, toe fend from their rooms.
We have promisodthom that you will give this matter at¬
tention and arrive at a decision in the course of a few weeks.
I enclose catalogue with the 'instrument in question
marked. They. will also bo pleased to give you special terms in
the purchase of any other , instruments that you may require in the
future.
Wo have requested them' to address any further corre¬
spondence in the matter, to this office. If you will kindly advise
me of What you, wish done, I will have it attended to from here.
Yours very truly,
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York. ^
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq.
Orange-, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
J.uly 6 th, 1888.
Your favor of .Tiiiy 2nd was quoted to the Wober people-
with the request that they send us bill for the pinno^ which wo
promised to havo promptly paid, The bill has boen rooeived and
4s enclosed herewith, if jf0i, kindly draw ohpc?<: to the '-‘Estate
of Albort vfeber" and sqnd tft wo will see that it is prppprl^
delivered-.
Yours very truly,
ENCLOSURE,
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EDISON,
PmssiDKN-
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
July Sth, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Edison:-
Idppencott wrote mo from his summer home in Panna. , re¬
questing mo to meet him today and on calling at his office I found
they had just received a letter from him, saying that his son was
sick with malignant diptheria and that ho would probably not reach
here until Wednesday next*
Lippencott has written to Mr. Evans, his business mana¬
ger, to got frem you as soon as possible the model Phonograph which
is to bo put with the Graphophone and to constitute the exhibits
in the contracts. 1 mention this so that you may hurry it along.
^ our interest that this should be done as soon as possible.
Yours very truly
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THOMAS A. EDISON,
'NOGRAPH CO.,
'ey Street,
York.
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Gentlemen: — In behalr of the Commissioners of the Centennial
Exposition, of the Ohio Valley an.d Cen'tral States, I would respect¬
fully request that you riake an exhibition of your phonograph at
said Exposition, and -in behalf of Mr. M. Gardner, U. ,S. Govt. Rop-’'
resent for the Department of--the Interior, I also request tha't you
use the space 'of the . U. S. Patent Office for said exhibition.
The Patent Office exhibit is beautifully located and Mr. Gard¬
ner will be at great pains and take much pleasure in affording you
every facility possible. )$.
I fcave just received , a letter from the Conmissi oner s of the
Exposition with reference .to this matter, and they are exceedingly
anxious that you make an exhibit. There is no qu estion- ab out
the beneficial results to you, and I sincerely hbpe that you will
take itnnediate steps to carry out the plan.
Very respectfully/
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19 Dey Street,
New York.
July 31st, 1888.
Ideut. E. W. Toppan,
The Edison Phonographs Works,
Bloomfield, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
The two bills enclosed are for batteries purchesed by
Mr. Edison's instructions to go with the model instrument delivered
to the North American Phonograph Company. Will you please see
that they are promptly put through, and oblige.
THE EDISON SPEAKING
PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
fy. Secretary.
Parties leaving on the "Limited” .from ''New
York on Wednesday morning will. arrive at, Washington
in time to attend. ‘ •
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Edison’s Laboratory, '
Orange, New Jersey. : ■.■■■■ ’
Dear Sir:- . '■ • ' 'A' ;
A special meeting of the Board of Directors
of The Edison Speaking Phonograph Company will be held
at the office of the Company, No. 900 14th. Street,
Washington, D. C... on Wedno^y the 26th i v inst. at ’4:3'
Pi M.
(By order
pUr>~o Cfl
Dear Sir {-
Mr John C.Tomlison has placed in our hands
ior adjustment the matter of the State tx amounting t0 §1200
nooo0d “P?" thG aapital stoc;: of tlle ^son Phonpgraph Company for
l8ou'' rhls amount has been levied and the tax is in the han-is of
the State Comptroller for collection •.
We have applied to the State Board of Assessors
for a re-hearing in this matter and will be granted a hearing
in 'fronton on Tuesday next . We find that Mr Tomlinson is out of
tavn to remain some time ,and are informed by Mr Gilliland ,one
of the Directors of the canpany,that on application.^ you we
can obtain the necessary information and assistance „
It is necessary that either you or seme other of¬
ficer of the cqnpany make affidavit to the fact in regard to the
business, and we therefore ask that you call at our office in
Jersey City on Monday at' any hour after ton A-.M.. convenient to
yourself, in order that tho affidavit may be drawn and sworn to..
It will facilitate matters if you can bring a copy of the articles
of incorporation of the company.
If ycu can call on Monday please notify us in
advance of tho time of your arrival » It is nocossary' to have
«his affidavit if we are to succeed in our application to the
State Board, and if the facts sworn to bear out the statements
made by Mr Tomlinson and Gilliland ,we think the prospect excel¬
lent for not only relieving tho company from this years tax, >
but also for preventing the imposition of any future state tax
under existing laws..
Yours respectfully,
parmly, Olendorf & Irish.
P Wi'-e-y-' v-pVs
THOMAS A. EDISONi
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York. July «
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir,-
ep lying to your favor concerning the $100. 00 paid
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thi. money ... aist™r„a; failing propM. „
1. „«• Mt, „a w win n,„tm oh„8e lt t<> profu
and Loss.
Yours truly,
Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Kruse & Flannigan, . ,
Lawyers. \
Norway', Mich. Aug. 6th, 1888
Geo. S. Evans, Gen'l Manager.,
160 Broadway, H. Y.
Dear Sir: —
Your favor of July 27th, at hand.
We filed our order for Phonograph, with the Edison Com¬
pany, last fall, and they wrote that we would probably be suppli¬
ed in January last. We are very much distressed for help as can
only be furnished by a stenographer or one of these machines.
This is a small country town, remote from places where stenogra¬
phers are plenty, and in order to obtain that help we should be
obliged to bring a man several hundred miles and besides, employ
him for at least one year, at a price almost twice as high as they
can be got for in the cities. This, it is quite plain, would not
be desirable, and we wish that under the ciroumstances you would
make an exception in our case, and send us the machine without
compelling us to wait until your local or State agencies are or¬
ganized, and ready to supply.
Please let us hear from you.
Very truly yours,
Kruse & Flannigan.
THOMAS A. EDISON,
, ' Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
Augif^t 6 th,
E. T. Gilliland, Esq.,
Care Col. G. E. Gouraud,
181 Queen Victoria St., Iiondon.\
Dea Mr. Giiiiiand:-
I have seen Mr. Coulter of t/e “World" as you re quest -
• ed; he states thit you promised positively to deliver a Phono¬
graph for shipment Wo Mr. Pulitzer /hree weeks after his conversa¬
tion with you, whicA (las about t hi 11th of June. He seemed very
much annoyed at not haling receded the Phonograph or any word in
regard to your inability- to fui/ish it and expressed himself rather
vigorously in regard to Wat hi termed his discourteous treatment
in the mat-.er. 1 explained to[him the impossibility of delivering
a machine and apologized foW our failure to notify him and think
I succeeded in mollifying him>s one what.
T delivered your mes^kge to the effect that you had
sailed for Europe and would be pleased to exhibit the Phonograph to
Mr. Pulitzer or any of his friends whom he might designate to you.
Mr. Coulter stated that Mr. Pulitzer was to return to New York ear¬
ly in September and he thought it would be too late to show
the machine to Mr. Pulitzer in England but promised to forward your
message to him. X gave him your address as Care Col. Gouraud.
Yours very truly ,
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Alfred 0, Tate Esq.
Orange, New Jersey.
My Dear Tate:-
I found your note re Phonograph Company tax on my
desk when I came in. It seems that just before you lef t, Mr.Parmly
had been in to see me, and dictated a memorandum to Miss Bennett
about this same matter. He says "if Mr. Kiddle will arrange a time
with Mr. Tate to-morrow or next day, either here, or at my office in
Jersey City, and let me know the time, I will be sure and meet Mr.
Tate, as the tax has already been assessed at $1200 and there is
every prospect of having it thrown off if immediately attended to".
Mr. Parmly is a member of the firm of Parmly Olen-
dorf & Fisk, 47 Montgomery Street, Jersey City. He also has an office
at No. 160 Broadway, Room 9.
This matter has, in my opinion, been delayed now
about long enough, and if you want to have the tax reduced you had
better see Mr. Parmly to-morrow, and have him prepare such an affida¬
vit as he thinks proper to present to the Sax Commissioners at
Trenton. You know that he has already appeared before them and they
JOHN C. TOMLINSON,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
objected to reduce the tax, and this is the final step in order to
accomplish it.
Hours very truly.
Site 2JartIt gnucricitu
gltaiwrflvitprTt ffio.,
160-164 EvocLctway.
Thomas A.Edis on?osq. ,
Orange, N.J,
My dear Sir:-
. ' Your favor of the 8th. .with enclosure to hard. This
Company has had no ropresontarive in Philadelphia; a party connect¬
ed with the America,! Graphophone Company,], as we understand been
giving exhibitions, in a quiot way of the Graphene , the Liniotype
.and a new printing press; he talks to the Gramophone has a young
lady set it up on the type-setting machine then prints it on the
press; wo did not know that ho was representing the Graphophone in
that City, has ho had no authority from us to do it. We have writ¬
ten him to-day giving him an extract from our contract. with you and
the one relating to impartiality in the introduction of the mach¬
ines. so that hereafter, we hope that he will do the right thing. ■
We. trust that you are not annoyed by the letter from Philadel¬
phia, as it is our intention to honestly adhere to the l.etter and
spirit of our contract to the very best of our ability.
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Dear Mr. Tate:-
1 suppose you are aware that 1 have tharMetropolitan Dis¬
trict Agency fbr phonographs, and am getting things in
shape to make good illustration/ ^wi^machines .
Mr. Hatch who will hand this note to you, is one of my
assistants and 1 desire him to get all the points in re.gard
to the practical operation of the latest phonographs that he
may be able to show it to fche best effect.
Yours truly .
flu. C/ •
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160-164 Broadway,
P. 0. BOX 8692.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq*, '
Orange ,
N. J.
Dear Sir
I have Just returned from a meeting with Mr. Johnson.
I told him what Painter's demands were, that you divide the amount
you are to reoeive equally with the Speaking Phonograph Oo. Ho
said that if Mr. Painter took this position, he would not stand
by him in it'. That he did not propose to get anything out of you,
but that ho did propose to got something out of me. He said that
he was arranging by telegraph to meet. you; that he would then see
Painter and afterwards see me. Ho said that they had no intention
of acting the hog,”. but that they would deal fairly with me, but
he did not intimate what "fairly" indicated in dollars.
Very truly yours.
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making his phonograms?
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September 11,1888
Jesse H. Lippincott, Esq.,
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Deal- Sir:-
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I attach hereto a copy; of a resolution passed this day
at a meeting of the Board of Directors with relation to the attemp¬
ted assignment on the part of Mr. -E2ra T. Gilliland of his contract
•with this Company to yourself. I; would call your attention to the
fact that this resolution authorizes the Officers of this Comparfy
to- take such action as they may dejem necessary to prevent the '
further payment of any moneys to Mr. Gilliland on account of the
sale which he has attempted to make of his agency rights which are
not transferable and which he was powerless to transfer without
the consent of the Company which 1’ represent. By referring to-
his contract with the Edison Phonograph Company you will see- that
the essence of the same is his p«j.»l sew ices and responsibility
which are manifestly not transferable without the Company’s con¬
sent which has never been given, -This letter is to give you of¬
ficial notification that you make jany further paymente to Mr.
Gilliland at your own risk. Mr. Gilliland has today notified
by cable that his contract has been abrogated and has also be<en
informed as to the intention of t^e Eison Phonogr^h Company with
relation to the stoppage of any furthr payments to him in this
o connection. Yours truly I /? V /
' V jt-f - 4 President. •
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September 1888, 'being a notification to tram
Mr. E. T. Gilliland and other matters.
NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH CO.
President.
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Thomas A. Edis
Dear Sir:-
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Orange, N. J.
Please forward without delay at least 100 phonogrames,
and if you can do so, I should be pleased to have some phonogrames
containing musical records, and at least two to which you have
personally given dictations. If you can give me a half dozen
threo branch tubes for exhibition purposes, it will greatly facil¬
itate our work; and. send us iirmediately as many of the extra re¬
corders and reproducers as you have ready. These may be required
at any moment, and if I am not ready to meet the demand, of course
the machines needing them will be practically thrown out of use.
Mr. Miller says you are making 25 duplicate sets, The machine I
return to you will also require to have the knife set upon the
spectacle case, instead of upon the recorder as is now the case.
Yours very truly.
General Manager.
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Dear Sir 1-
The State Boaril oi' Assessors at their meeting last
week passed a resolution cancelling the tax levied Dor the current
year on the P.dison Phonograph Company •. This relieves the company
iron the payment of the $1200 tax <.
Yours truly,
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The Edison Laboratory,
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Dear Sir I?*
Thero is a large tin phonograph funnel
tha'f has boon standing here all hummer which
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low them to take for use at thga-r office. T
am under the impression that the funnel be¬
longs to the Laboratory and if that, is the
case,! do not wish to let them have it without
Mr. Edison's consent. Please let me know
whether he has any objections to my sending it
to them, and oblige,
labratory Thomas A.Edison Orange N.J.
Dear Sir i-
Enclosed please rind a copy of the resolution
passed by the State Board of Assessors for State Taxes cancelling
the tax against the Edison Phonograph Company for 1888 . We aiso
enclose our bill for services in this matter •• '
Yours truly,
Farmly, Olondorf & Fisk-.
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Willard C. Pisk, Esq,
Counsel, Edison Phonograph Company,
Dear Sir:- The following is q copy of a resolution , adopted by
the State noard of Assessors of «ew Jersey, at a meeting held Sept.
Uth. 1888.
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Secretary.
Resolved: That the pasessmeht levied by the State Doard of Assess-
brh for State taxes fbr 1888, againAt the Edison Phonograph do. be
hnd the samA is hereby daricelled and made' null ahd Void.
It having been shown by proper evidence that said dompany wad a
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Thonas A. Edison, Oran/jo, II. J., on Thursday, 11th instant, Jbr
tho purpose of aithorizing- a further issue of Treasury stock and
tho transaction of inch other business as mis' then be brought.
b»f oro the *Jorird.
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Oct. 8, 1888.
Edison Toy Phono, M'f'g, Co.,
Poston, Mass.
Pear Sirs:-
Mr, .Tesse II. Lippineott, of the Month Am. Phono. Co.,
requires in order to complete certain arrangements in connection
with his organization, a certified copy of my agreement, with
Messrs. Priggs and Jacques relative to phonograph dolls.
My copy of the contract is in the hands of my attorney and
Mr.
not available, and I wish you would kindly furnish lippineott
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with a certified copy of the instrument in your possession.
Yours truly,
T. A. E.
Mr. H. Walcott who bears this letter will carry the copy back to
Mr. lippineott.
Signature of Mr. Walcott
T. A. E.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Edison's Labratory, Orange, N.J.
My Dear Sir:
I have your favor of yesterday's date covering check
for $4, 693. So, on account of sale .of stock of the Edison Phonograph
Co. Enclosed herewith please find ny receipt. I can only reiterate
what I verbally stated to you this morning--that X appreciate very
highly your kindness to me in the matter.
Yours truly,
Enc.
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A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
There are ten old style of phonograph batteries and some
phonograph parts stored in the cellar at 10 Doy St. If they are of
any value it might be well to have them taken out to Orange, as wo
expect to vacate these offices early next week.
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Orange, N. J. 24th Oot., 1888.
Jesse H. Lippineatt, President,
North American Phonograph Co.
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of 23d instant, we beg to say
that we are now making most every part. We hoped to have turned
out the first lot without recorders and reproducers by November
1st. There is very little doubt but that on the loth instant we
can give you ten per day, increasing to 50 per day by the 15th of
December
Yours tiuly,
EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS
160 Broadway, New York,
November 2, 1888.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
V/e hereby acknowledge receipt of your favor of Oct .
29th, containing certificate, No. 113, for five shares of stock
in the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company, issued in favor of
Charles Batchelor, on the 7th day of June, 1879.
Thanking you for the same, we are,
Very truly yours.
EATON & LEWIS
Sknuel Insula , Esq.,
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looking copy for his files and ~ + Ploaao retain the bettor
send to Mr! Bnsh. We Sll’tSn iJl/ Z* th° °ther ^ >"o to
which is 'now in Mr.^X's h2dsf0Str°y *" °rietaal ^eem^nt.
Directors of the Tl. J°u 11,3 J bQ interested to know that the Board of
utions approving the •» ntion^f \u ITZTV *d ?aSS reso1-
ment of the lippincott notes! contracts and its endorse-
contract Oac* a, yoT^c^™": i°Zll ?° M°°°d
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Edison Esqi
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,skciv '&0T/& Nov. 10 th.
Pursuant toMr.Tate's request contained in his
letter of the Snd. inst.,1 bog to acknowledge the receipt of
certified copies of Resolutions passed by the Boartl of Directors
of the Edison PhonoGraph Work s , and by the Boani of Directors of
the Edison Phnnogragh Company, severally, at their respective meet¬
ings held on October 24th. ,1888, approving the execution of
certain agreements with Mr.I,ippincott,and others referred to
in said Resolutions.
I am dailjr expecting to receive copies of similar Res¬
olutions from Mr . Bush , pa s s ed by the North American Phonograjh Co.
Mr. Bush and Mr.Mppincott are so busy that it seems almost imposs¬
ible to got then to attend to details of this sort.
■ Very truly y(
sICWei/Fr •
Mrs. Ediso n,_ ’
I enclose herewith Certifioate No. 68 of
the Edi aon Phonogr^h Works, for thirty shares capital stock, in
your favor. The money for this stock, $3,000, waa handed to us
by Mr. Edison. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
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- Yours truly,
ton, November 13, 1888.
Thomas A, Edison, Esq., President,
Edison Phonogrfph WorkB,
Orange, N. J.
Bear S i r
Will you kindly write us how soon and what
number of toy phonographs, similar to sample, you can be prepared
to furnish us and also the estimated cost of the toy phonograph
talked to and placed inside the doll.
Yours very truly,
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH TOY M'F'G. CO.
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President,
[ATTACHMENT]
WoviinW 14, 1888.
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prof.,, order under oon' tiling $ul«a *, W«y on January in-.h> 1{X(!,
Wfnr'iioli „oU wit.], toy .ijJ.onOjv.xv4
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oan ho c'ou’jlOfl ever. Hix woofca. |
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proper! „* tlo dt>U, is, as no at* aa xm 0i\n vmo at it at. nroaont,
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ninety-seven oonts.
Yours vary
W3XJJ0U P!!0?7<W;RAPH ’TORTS.
Presi dent,
160 Broadway, New York,
November 14, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
, Dear Mr. Edison,
Will you please inform me the exact state of your
Phonograph patents in Canada, and the limit of time we have to
commence manufacturing? Also whether you desire to establish
a factory for manufacturing purposes in that country, or am I to
do it?
Very truly yours.
The Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J,
160 Broadway, New York,
November 17, 18SS.
Gentlemen:-
In establishing sub-agents for the promotion of the
Phonograph business, it seems to me that each one of them will
want to have a man in their employ who is thoroughly familiar with
the construction of the Phonograph. One who will be able to
remedy any slight defect in the workings of the instrument, to the
end that when an instrument is not in perfect working order, it
will not have to be returned to us, or to the factory,
I would therefore like to have the privilege of sending a
man to your factory at Orange, from each one of my sub-agents, for
the purpose indicated above, and to have permission for them to
remain a sufficient length of time to accomplish the purpose in
view.
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Orange, N.J. , November 19,1888.
Ifr.Ezra T. Gilliland,
Mr. John C. Tomlinson,
Sirs ; -
You are hereby notified that I have a claim against you
and each of you, for the proceeds of the sale by you, as my agents,
to Jesse H.Lippincott, of my stock in the Edison Phonograph Company,
and of the contract held by Ezra T.CTilliland with the Edison Phono¬
graph Company, dated October 27, 188|7. I claim that you and each of
you should account to me and pay me the sum of Two hundred thousand
dollars of the proceeds of such sale in your hands belonging to me.
Signed,
Thomas A. Edison.
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Dear Mr.Tate:-
I find on oeferenoe to my letter boot that it
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subject of the date of his visit to Edison in the month of June.
I addressed Mr lathrop in care of the -Star- office, New York,
probably the fetter did not reach him. Will you kindly write to h*
at once regarding this matter*
Yours truly, y
EATON 4 LEWIS
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A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange', N.J*
Dear Mr. Tate
1 have your favor of the 20th. inst. enclosing
copy of a letter received ft-om Mr.George Parsons lathrop. it is
pretty clearly proven that Mr.lippincott spent Monday, June nth.
in Washington, returning to New York on the morning of Tuesday,
June 12th, so that it is not possible that Mr.|athrop can be right
when he says he thought Mr.lippincott was at Edison’s laboratory
on June 11th. will you kindly call his attention to the fact that
Mr.lippinoott was in Washington on that' day, and perhaps he will
be able to identify the day as the 12th., when he was at Mr.Edisons
laboratory. He seams to fix the day as the llth.by stating that
he left on the 13th* for home, and that it was two days after he
^hadbeen at the laboratory. The question iS/ may it not have been
after he had been at the laboratory that he left New York for home.
Have you made any progress- towards determining the
date of the apple tree interview?
Yours truly,
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A.O. Tate, Esq*,
laboratory of Thomas A.Edison^Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I have your favor of the 28th, ins t. enclosing
copies of correspondence between yourself and Mr. Prank W.Moore,
In fixing the date of the “apple tree" interview, be
kind enough to remember this fact* Edison states that when the
-apple tree- interview took place, Tomlinson stated that the prin¬
cipal party to the negotiation was Theodore N.Vail. Mr.Edison has
also said to me that he learned from Gilliland, that at the time
of this interview under the -apple tree-, Tomlinson did not know
who the real- parties were that were bidding for the Phonograph,
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December 8, 1888.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. .T.
Dear Mr. Edison,
The Mendelssohn^of this city, which comprises some
of the very best people here, wish to obtain a Phonograph for the
night of the 18th, to give an exhibition before their club-.
They want it so that they can make a record of about forty
voices. Will you be willing to lot the professor, or whoever
understands making a record of that kind, come over here, bringing
his Phonograph and receiving apparatus with him on the afternoon
of the ISthJ He- can return to the laboratory the next morning.
If you will do this* the club will gladly pay the expenses
in connection with it.
Please let me hear from you as early as possible in the week.
Very truly yours.
160 Broadway , Hew York,
December 8, 1888,
I have written a letter to Mr. Kdison in regard
to the Mendelssohn Glee Club of this city.
Will you kindly see that 1 get an answer to my letter as
early as possible?
A, 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edi son ’ s Labratory , Brange , N. J.
M/ Dear Tate:
I have your favor of the 7th which came to hand whilst I
was away from New York. I think you will find several difficulties
in the way of doing what you want to. Do you intend that the North
American Phonograph Company should pay the experiments amounting to
$25,046.54, i.e., that after they get control of the Company they will
find this liability and will have to discharge it, or do you intend
that this amount shall be deducted from the $500,000 which Mr. Edison
receives for the Phonograph Company* s stock? Of course, if the latter
is intended there is no object in putting the account on the books of
the Phonograph Company. If you want to pursue the former course I am
veiy much afraid that you will meet with misunderstandings with Mr.
Lippincott and his colleagues when they get control of the Phonograph
Company and find such large liabilities. I should say that the impres
sion of Mr. Lippincott was that $500,000 would buy the Phonograph. Was
not that to. Edison's original intention? The turning of the deal
around and making it a sale of stock was simply done to protect Mr.
Edison in case Mr. Lippincott should default in his payments, i would
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like to discuss this matter with you before you take any action. Per¬
haps I may not understand it fully. On the other hand, I would like
to have you think over the points raised above.
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160 Broadway, Mow York,
December 14, 1888.
Dear Mr. Tate,
Referring to your favor of the 11th, Mr. Hall of
the Mendelssohn Glee Club has just been here, and informs me that
while at the Laboratory, he arranged with Mr. Wangemann to report
to him on Tuesday.
This will be a better arrangement, than to have, him report
Very truly yours,
•.English,-
Deoember 18, 88.
Mr. H. 0. Pearson, galled here to-dax,
in regard to Adamantor Gum for hardening wax oylindera. Do we
use this material?
EATON & LEWIS '
•V%/( EQUIT
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A. 0. Tate, Esq. ,
Laboratory of Thomas A.Edison,
Orange, N.J.
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Dear: Mr. Tate:-, »>
f. , S have your flavor of the 22nd. inst. X am
expecting; to "Visit Orange after the holidays and will look into the
sub j ect at that time.
% 0ne thing is certain: the "apple tree" interview
must have been before the 1st. of June or else it must have been
the second interview between Mr.Edison and Mr. Tomlinson.
160 Broadway, New York,
December 26, 1888.
Thomas A . Edison*,' Esq.,
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Edison,
Enclosed you will find the two clippings that I .
referred to in conversation with you at your -Laboratory a few days
since, '
Hoping that you have had a Merry Christmas, and that you are
enjoying your freedom from work and worry, and that you will have
a Happy New Year, believe me,
Spoken Mo Hie Phonograph
by Jesse H. Lippincott.
Written from the dictation by
.
Sincerely yours.
A. 0. Tate, Esq. ,
Edi son ' s Labratory ,
Dear Sir;
I send you herewith letter received from Mr. Eaton together
with a certified copy of the minutes of the North American Phonograph
Co. You will see that you have not sent to Hr. Eaton exactly what Hr.
Bush requires so fax as the contract between the Edison Phonograph
Company and Mr. Edison is concerned. He wants an absolute copy duly
certified to by you as Secretary of the Company, under seal. You vail
please have this attended to immediately.
/)(5<L + Ci
Lieut. F. W. Toppan,
Edison Phonograph Work s,
ORANGE, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
This introduces to you Mr. D. B* Smith, of
Honolulu, who is connected with the Hawaiian government,
and who wishes to see you in relation to the Phonograph.
Any attention you may show him will he appreciated by
Yours very truly,
ANS0.NIA BRASS a 'COPPER GO,
Dear Mr, Tato:-
Mr. Toppan has just been in here, and 1 found ho had not
heard of the proposed visit of the principal menbors of ths Metro¬
politan and New .England Phonograph Companies, to the Edison Works
to-morrow.
The party will consist of 25 or 30 of the most prominent
Bankers and lawyers in New York, such as members of the firms of
Drexel, Morgan & Co. , Winslow & Iianier, Brayton, Ives & Co,,- Ed¬
ward Sweet & Co., Belmont, Brown Bros., H. B. Hollins & Co., U. S.
Trust Co. , &c, &e.
1 am very anxious that everything should go off satisfactorily
Mr. Toppan suggested that possibly Mr. Bachelor might not know of
our coming, and it would be well for me to write to you asking that
he be informed. We expect to take the 1-30 train. 1 shall send
some one out in advance of the train to arrange for conveyances.
Yours truly
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SPECIFICATIONS for frame building of the
' EDISfi, PHONO QRAPH^,, .WORKS,-., Orange,, N. J.
.. • Building iB; Two. hundred .^d :,?ifiSjt feue^lqng-rfi?fty
C Sty f ?8j!:,wide-| tjrenty (20) feet,. ^opi(fpundation, to; eaves.
n Buil<iillS is covered with 6 inch Novelty siding f 2nd.
quality j and has 45 Windows of 40,10x12 lights and 4 Wind¬
ows of 12-9x12 li ghts, each am* , 0-- . 6 } ft , -x . § , ft'. ' double
Doors., , _ -
BuildLng is lined ..7/^(inch.:(2nd<; quality )
[ matciied^^n®-^d,.ha^ ?°^ x ft. ,}tWj Poors' In
oeiling, _
®otal .futside (to,.b^^^ feet-
Tptal area inside to. bp painted is. -18,966 ; * •
All material required will be furnished by the owner.
Contractor shall furnish ell labor and all tools and
appliances necessary for pointing the herein mentioned
building.
All Knobs to be shellaced «
All nails to be puttied. Outside of building including
Sables, Cornices, Gutters, leaders, edges of loading
Platform and outside of window Frames- Sashes and Doors to
be painted with two oofcts of brown mineral paint. Gutters,
to be painted inside as well as outside, with two coats f
fnside of building including inside of window. Franes-
Sashes and Doors as well as trap Doors to be painted with tr
two coats of white paint.
Roof of building asl to be painted.
AH' work to be done 'in a first clash and' workmanlike
manner and subject to the ihspectio*' and approval of the
superintending Eneineer.of the awadar^x ownder.
SIJPE RINTEITOEHCE: -
; The owners aupe rlntedlng Engineer win at all times be
on the work to furnish all necessary infection and
instruction and he shall have at all times the authority
to inspect all work and to reject any or all of saaiethat
* may think defective, improper , or not in accordance
With these specifications and contractor must replace any
or all work thrown out orrej acted by said erigineer at "
once, and' at no extra charge Or .ost to the owner.'
EDISON PHONOGRAPH
WORKS,
EDIS9N PH0NOGRAPR WORKS,
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1888. Phonograph - Foreign - General (D-88-49)
This folder contains correspondence relating to phonograph sales
agencies m continental Europe, Japan, China, Mexico, and South America.
There are also letters about foreign patent applications and about the
presentation of a phonograph to the Sultan of Turkey. Among the
correspondents are George E. Gouraud, Edison’s phonograph agent in Europe-
Everett Frazar, Edison’s agent in Japan and China; and Thomas B. Connery!
Edison’s agent in Mexico.
All the documents have been filmed except for duplicate copies of
selected documents. K
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Mr. Edison,-
Re the attached from Col. Gouraud.
Dyer & Seely informed me that they sent Col. Gouraud powers
of attorney for all European countries. X have wr itt en the
latter, suggesting that if he requires any further powers, he
should have them prepared and forward them to you for signature.
I do not think we should comply with his request to furnish blank
powers signed by you.
As to the copy of French patent #124974, which ho asks for,
it will cost us just as much to have this translated and type¬
written as it will cost Col. Gouraud to get a copy from Paris, I
do not think you should part with the original, and I have there¬
fore v/ritten CoL. Gouraud- to obtain a copy from Paris.
[ENCLOSURE]
> \\p per Norwood, England, • i
. VfV>/ Jan. 13th, 1888.
Edison:
There is some uncertainty as to whether my signature under the
power of attorney I hold from you will be accepted in applications for
patents I refer of course to those countries for which you have not al¬
ready sent me powers of attorney. I am proceeding to make the appli¬
cations on the theory that my signature under your power of attorney will
suffice, but can only, know for certain after some considerable delay. I
therefore advise anticipating the adverse contingency above referred to,
by your forwarding as soon as possible other blank powers of A. actually
signed by you, — say 25 or 30.
I am this moment in receipt of official notification of the accept¬
ance of the English' application lodged Dec. 14th, .’87, from which date
we have nine months to complete.
The French patent was .filed Jan. 9th, ’88, making to date filed,
English, German and French. f
I have received a special communication from the French government
that your French patent (telephone,) 175,093, which I understand is the
one containing your broad-claim for the Phonograph in France', has not been
assigned out of your' name, either wholly or in part; therefore kindly
make due note of this, and sign nothing whatever with reference to said
patent without prior reference to me.
I am anxiously awaiting copies of the agreement under which your
interest in that patent was sold, to see what reservations were made
concerning the Phonograph.
P. Please send mo the French telephone patent (124974,) the origi¬
nal, if you have it, if not a copy, as they have no French copies for
sale printed, and charge so much for a copy from Paris.
31, Assistant Gen’l Mgr.
his let top to you and that you will doubtlosi
course of a day or' two.
Eno.
Thomas A. Edison. Esq.
Edison's Lab or tv!
Orange.
Cablegram.
Trans-Atlantic
A'.., ,Me.« .
Date,...
The following CAJSJfGitui rce/rerf, T‘ Via Commercial Cables,” of &
Mibject to the terinn and^conditiont* printed on the had: hereof , which arc ratified and agreed to.
, f?
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
Dear Mr. Tate:
LONDON.
Feb. 20th, 1838„
With reference to the French telephone patent No.
124974, — I do not want to trouble you with a translation of it—
merely a copy of it i8 all X require, and will save me two or three
pounds and oost you nothing. There is no hurry about it.
In writing from time to time, I would be glad if you would
throw in a P. S. how everything is progressing with, the phonograph.
Mr. Edison-s business correspondence is of necessity so very meager
that I am glad to have a line now and then from. one; so near the
throne as you are.
Mr. Tate, .
(Care Mr. T. A. Edison,)
/
s Menlo,
Upper Norwood, *
Edison: %lf feb- 39tI>- 1888-
* *• ™ - *,
Phone- patent, including the phonograph, is ItTl^n T ^
RUS8ia‘ ™^and Norway, -will you ki “ 7'"1"
have in your possession the patents in * ™ "" whethe* you
to ,e at your, earliest £££ ^2^7 ”
session, .kindly inform me in whose possessil *7 * “* ** ^ P°S"
records show. Ohe oensan patent, as you win re T’ ^ ^ ^ ^
subject o(f correspondence between you and the sw • ^ long been the
its whereabouts seem to be entirely unknown. V°‘ * ***
German patent office, however, that it 1 ' ha™ ascertained from the
n&e^ That is forthriate; as our ' ' v- ■ ■ n—ejljieen ^^cnad^gut^ofyour
Co. only gave the* out* tel^W
inform them that the pateht ih question’' °n8eqUently« whll(* *• will not
ever- requite us to assign it to them wS win ^ ^ PK°^*Pa**» ^ they
phone part. ’ "HI only assign -them the tele-
.Elease let this letter have ■
chajracteri s '6d y ouV o'orr^pWenow, **<**& Attention which has recently
n>y hands,- pro-bahl^ ^ »«**** ;*fli have to be- in.
.aye,the trbubh ft dopids, S^^wmc
WM ioh Would ale* ndtrsb(; wai^^ the
_ w. E. GILBERT-DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
uk, qp„ ^ ft**,, M
Edi son:
Little Menlo,
Mch, 7th, 1888.
The delay in filing the' German phonograph patent was unavoidable,
in view io'f all the circumstances: let* your approval of my suggestion
that it >shbuld not be filed until we should have Moulton's revision of
the "English specification, which was worth waiting for, as is proved by
his addition of three claims, which I think you will agree are important*
Then, ■instead of having it translated; here, I had it done in Germany, for "
~X know “as a fact that nd patent agent does that with regard, to foreign
patent's,, it being universally considered that the local patent agents
■are cbest competent to do it, as it requires of course a very nice, and
indeed 'technical knowledge of the language in order to translate such a
^document. when the specification as finally filed in England was rdady,
-idii-was despatched without delafyJ to. Germany, With'tha ^urgent request- fa makftf'
^t.iready for filing tffth the least possible delay, consistent with care¬
ful and thorough work* It whs a very long specification, and it no doubt
took ’longer thin either you or 1 inMgihda* but I am sure it was well
idonhV sujr knowledge of the, Fx*#neh- language enables me td day that the
French translation was an excellent bnef The- only consequences which may
result frtote the premature -pubii Cation of the •scientific American1* applies
diorthb English colonics-, as possibly it W haVe reached there before the
•patents -ware filed* I do not see anything to be gained by these early
nswspap*er disclosures in America. As an advertisement, it certainly is
pot-wanted; tHis thing. <<11 hdveVtis* itself*. T hope a»>egai-ds farther
improvements, you will induce Am against the risk incurred in the- cape f«>
qu«ei|i3.oh>i
d^^^Gotraud^
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York,
March
/ J-* a. jsai
Tlie Edison Laboratory,
Or an /re , N..T.
Lear Sir:-
V/o have letters maJc
A?
ip f
16th, -M88. \
-r ,feV
1 Y/^>toV
°v> Vv^/5-
- ns for the'a/rency fopt' '
Cuba, and also applications from parties livinp in
Is it intended that these countries, which car, ,, , l
Is it intended that these countries, which can only blf handled
to any advantage through the United States, are to be included
in Gouraud's contract?
Yours truly,
P )vcV~0‘:yv ^ \
Representing:
FRAZAR & 00., 8HANQHAE,
FRAZAR & CO., YOKOHAMA,
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
AND STEAMSHIP LINES
{JAPAN AND CHINA AGENCIES.)
Thomas A. Edison Esq
FRAZAR,
124 WATER ST.
New York. April 30th, 1888.
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success of the introduction
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My dear Mr. Edison:
\T .
I am in receipt of your favor of the 20th o^
in you suggest that in order ^tj) ybs& tML,...,,-- — ...»
of the phonograph into J^tjiln^and %fcia^ra^‘ trailed expert o^h^to
be sent out to teach the lo^f^gemfs ^^favotiS' cou^|LieIt[w use of
the machine. I regret^ to lear^th^% thi^' i^p^b^l^^ery |e.ce&8a-
ry, as the expense of s'ending an expert to'jtfioseeapuntfries wilj. be
<^T O
at least $1,500 to $3,000 ,/fif salary is included. Can you not sug
gest some less expensive way of instructing our Mr^nenne
find is well t:
who we
electric light business, havjnfi been
p't* /
Is it possible*..
manager of your Cincinnati Flal
for-you to place these instructions ^efore Mr.^ Bre:
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writing, so that he cpuld ^understand them su:
i machines, or, is it ^Tessary to sond'\ man
, concisely,
sufficiently^ to work *'
the
sider these suggestions'
this expense being incurrei
soon as possible to Japt
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d teazH £8$P*~h
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Represented: m .
FRAZAR 4 00., 8HANQHAE,
FRAZAR 4 00., YOKOHAMA,
CANADIAN PAOIFIO RAILWAY
AND STEAMSHIP LI
V\tfVERETT FRAZAR,
' 124 WATER ST.
v York. May 8th, ( 1888.
Thos. A. Edison Esq.
Orai
My dear Mr. Edisc
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1 have your letter of the 2nd inst., from vrtiich I note
that you think it v/ill be almost imperative that a trained expert
shall take charge of the Phonograph machines and instruct the peo¬
ple in Japan and China how to use them. As I have already mention¬
ed to you, I am very desirous that my firms, representing your
system of lighting in Japan, China and Korea, should also introduce
your Phonograph, for I feel confident that both Mr. Lindsley and
Mr. Wetmore are just the gentlemen whoc could do this successfully
and give it their personal attention. I am writing, asking them
to cable me back a word or two upon receipt, which will be within
about 4 weeks, stating whether they wish to undergo the expense
of sending out an expert as suggested by you. If you are quite
confident that it would be unsafe to send an instrument out, with¬
out it is at once placed in the hands of an expert, I would suggest
that we do not ship any, just for the present. Meanwhile, we will
let the matter remain in statu quo, until I receive a cable reply.
j~W$ it#
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A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Care T. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Having written you yesterday regarding the Phonoplex,
I now write you regarding the Phonograph. I have already asked you
when I could have one or two instruments, and I now wish to know
having had some communication with parties here to-day, what
arrangement could be made regarding the sale of the instrument, or
its manufacture.
V/hat would the rights for Canada be sold for, or would
you prefer to retain all rights,malcing with me a manufacturing and
selling agreement only.
I see you have formed a Company in the States, and
judging from its membership, I assune it will be a close corpora¬
tion, and that you would prefer such an arrangement here.
What special machinery would be required, and what-
would be the cost thereof assuming that we would never have to
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supply in Canada more than one-fifth the number that would be
required in the States?
By giving this matter your prompt attention, and commu¬
nicating with me your decision at your earliest convenience, you
will much oblige
Yours truly.
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TRANSLATION.
Specification filed at the German Patent Office by W. Apel of
Gottingen entitled "Phonoscope" | .
The Phonoscope consists of ^ cavity open on one side, closed
at the opening a by an elastic membrane. ' In proini'xity of the opening
i? suspended a thin leaf in .such a Banner that it can easily rotate.
In the arrangement of fig: I such a suspension is obtained by fastening
the leaf along one of its diamaters oii a cocoon thread, the ends of ”
which are fastened, in the tubes shoym .ih figj'l. ' " . .
In the arrangement' of fig: 3 the' leaf cut in two halves is
attached to a transverse bar,' this bar fhSs in its center a’ small, glass
cap which in the' mariner' of a Radiometer plays "oh aneediS point. If /
a note is sounded externally of the cavity 'vdribh corresponds' to the note '
of the apparatus, . -the leaf will turn iri'a "pbsiti'oh'’parallel"td! the open- 1
-ing of the cavity, so that the rotation' of' the" leaf will show the
presence of that note to which the Phonoscopd by its size and fo'ttri of |
cavity is turned. . ' ' ■; • p \
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
• 181 Queen Victoria • Street, E.C. :
' LONDON. geth July iaaa.
T. A. EDISON, ESQ:'
Orange. U.S.A. j
Dear (.Sir, «• . '
I beg to confirm the following, telegram sent you to-day:— \
■Pray keep improvements 'eecref till Pateiits filbdi’ CAse ’8S‘ revised
•important country. Reason, prior publication* •
Yours faithfully.
G.E.GOURAUD. / >
; z3/?*
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON. S6th July 1888.
Messrs DYEB A SEELY,
No: 40, Wall Street... .
: NEW-YORK.
1 beg to ooofirm the following telegram received from
you this morning:- . "' / j- - . r. ,
•Edison sent.' your stuff to-day. We send Patent . papers Saturday.
•Do not e^ibit. apparatus 'until papers filed. Verrierve*’":
I duly note the above; but having 'experienced' considerable difficulty
in previous OASES in gettihg'the Pateijit autKorities in varioua countries
to accept my signature as Mr Edison^ .Attorney, 1 have considered it
advisable to. prepare a series of Powers of Attorney > which I have
found to be suitable - and obtain Mr Edison's signature to them.there-
-by obviating any question arising with the Patent authorities.
1 am therefore sending you by separate packet -24 blank Powers of Attor-
-ney, and shall thank you to get" Mr Edison to sigh all pf "them' as marked
in pencil before a Notary Public. You [will observe that'aome "of the’
Powers require ho legalization; the'i'nventoPs 'sighatuhe beihgrcohsi'der-
-ed sufficient. I have carefully "marked ih''pendil All those requiring' '
the Notary’s signature; and such Notary’s, signature' should be' aiithenti-
-oated by the Consul for^ the oountryihe Power is intended to be used I
You will greatly oblige me by attending "to" this matter with the
greatest possible prompitude as I am Extremely "anxious that no 'time' be ■
lost in filing this CASE. By the time they reach me' l hope to'have the j
necessary drawings, and Specifications complete for at once forwarding
them to the respective Agents. ' • •• " - . -
If y°U should find any difficulty in obtaining some of the Consuls
signatures promptly, pray do not keep back the completed Powers oh "
that account. I should like if possible to have the Powers for the
principal European countries first, and th« others can follow. '
Yours faithfully*
G. E. TGOU^ipb.
' j/X-
i'- poyliMi'Do
The documents I am sending are for th* Undeftnentioned countries?-
'-'I. Argentine Republic
""2. Austria.’ ■■-••• - -
•'■''3. Belgium.
—-4* Brazil.
— 5. Cape of Good Hope.
-"'6. Denmark.
-'7. Prance.
«—8. Germany.
- — 9. Hawaii*
\*r~ 18. Russia.
• — 19. South Australia.
■^■20+ Spain. - '
L- 21. Sweden.
22. Tasmania*
23* Turkey.'
. , 24. Victoria.
-—10. Italy.
Attached to the Queensland Power d»
. — II. Mexico.
a ^orm. of Declaration, Application
^ 12. New South Wales.
for a. .Patent, & Statement of Address'
•""13. New Zealand^ '
Declarations are ailso attached
— 14. Norway.
to the South Australian, and Tasman*-
- — 15. Peru;
-ian Powers of Attorney.
— 16. Portugal.
■ — 17. Queensland.
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EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
My dear Mr. Tate:-
JYew Yoj'Jc, Aug.....9.th....l888...
Mr. Charles R. Flint (formerly a partner of W.
R. Grace & Co.) has sent me a copy of his letter to Mr. Edison,
of July 30th, to which he has had no reply. In that letter Mr.
Flint afeked Mr. Edison if he could inform him who fead control of
Phonograph business for South America. I have known Mr. Flint so
well and for so long that I am confident that if he will under¬
take the Phonograph business in South America there is no one who
can do it as woll. May I trouble you to inform me by return, mail'
who has charge of the Phonograph business in that Country and ’
oblige,
Yours
To A. 0. Tate, Esq.
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
lyo
Secty & Treas.
Ip
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'nj>hnti«j manner that limli
voiU: inforentn
zealously and pro li tael;
■riuly assured or the oo- operation of the vory croimie do l'a ercamt
l-f!.vx«:un financial mid Governmental magnate a who mM- Urn are wax
•t anxiously awuitinfj your advio’oH from Ool. Oouraud reulntive ;
the. mutte
He states that one heavy commercial houi
J- Mexico assure him that they will sell
noun*
<*>ntiro interest
(jrilph
millions of rinUor
know you would have in i'omnrj
I out to mo tho asauruQocb joi have. 11 i imediuteiy;
■s
I understood that; sou harl disposer; or sour in-
tore.'.r, lii the phonograph for the' United States only, hut tlat^yo
and' -your aaaooiate Col. Honrnurt etjill ow ed tho mis'clVino for the '
rest of the world and that you haJ stron/'ly ur^ed Col'. Oourpu-d ' to
pprooiat© tl-
'Standstill
.11 douhU. onsly
boforo muni- days,
■if whoso osrnofttooi
'VdeKn?
PERRY
$avvi&tcv&) grtfUcittfVO,
NOTARIES, &C.
A. D, Perry. W. H. Deam.
STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY’S OFFICES,
A. 0. Tate Esq.
My dear Alf/- "
Sterling received ar letter from the New Phonograph people to-day. |
Your favour of August llth. at hand. We have control of the Edison - 'l
Phonograph and the Phonograph-graphophame The machine will be introduced to the1
public in Canada by a load or state organization which when organised your j
letter will be referred for action. ■ ' J'i
Sterling sails for Europe ofl Saturday the 25th., and win be in New York )
all day Friday previous. . He also received a letter from Gillaland stating tha#;
he had ceased to have any coBaunfcarttUn with the Phonograph as far as America t|
was concerned You win understand that tofe ha«.been working on this matter sincd
early last fall, 'End that every business man in Toronto of any account has
had the virtuous necessity of the Phonohraph hammered into them by Sterling and
myself. Sterling ;has had as I have frequently told you the entree into all the i
business houses Banks ic. in the County owing to his position as a rating man. i
On account of his going to, the Old Countiy he is veiy anxious to have the-,
matter settled if possible in some way or other, as to whether we get control^
of this teritory, and he has made atproposition that I should meet him in
New York on Friday and -see you, and you could take us to the hew men.
Could you ma|e an appointment at Wall Street on Friday Morning, say at
noon, as we will each arrive that morning, 1 could then spend Sunday with you.
returning Monday night
PERRY & DEAN,
Spar utot ever, ^alirttrra,
NOTARIES, &C.
STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY'S OFFICES,
We have devited as you well know a great deal of time to the Phonograph
and it seems too bad if we lose all the territory. Kindly let me know-by
return mail if you could give us next Friday, and .could make an appointment wit;
the other people for that afternoon.
I to-day received an acceptance from Lawson of my terms, and am expecting)'
Mr. Barrs assistant Saturday of Monday. 1 can also see you as to the other ;i
company at that time. !
Tours truly.
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
Mw Ib7*,.....-...Auguat -I©%h-lS88i-
My dear Mr; Tate.:- .
Please accept my thanks for your favor of the
lith xnst, in regard to Phonographsmatters ir South iimerica-. I
have written to. Mr. Flint suggesting that he address a letter to.
Col. Gouraud direct. Thanking you for your attention to the
matter, I remain, ■■
Yours very truly,
? n,
To A. 0. Tate , Esq.
. The Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Secty & Treas,
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
THE EDISON MIMEOGRAPH
PHILADELPHIA, PA., AugUSt 17t,hJ
Mr. A.O. Tate,
Laboratory Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J.
My Dear Sir:
I received your telegram yesterday and
reerot to hear that Mr. Edison ^TaTtelnea far such a length
of time. Could I not hear from Mr. Edison m the meantime
as to what proposition he desires to make for China and
Japan. It will take some time to get matters In shape,
in oonneotlon with my t„si„ess in order that I may make ’a
trip to China. I feel sure that I can handle this matter
to his entire satisfaction. I sm already personally
acquainted with the Consul General of Japan and he is very
much interested In the Phonograph. I will also secure when
necessary letters from -the President of the United State and
the Seoty. of the State giving me proper Introduction to the
officials of China am Japan.
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-HI. .he cylinder talk more distinctly. It may be that
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were not good ones, but this is my candid
. snouian x be mentioned
clearness and accuracy »»f reproduction,
in the same breath with the phonograph. To my mind it. seems
a shame that those Washington pirates, by making a few mavhanical
inventions, not touching the real principle, and anly such as
any good machanic might make, should be able, by reason of their
business contracts, to go scott free in the United States and
Canada . Probably as a bustness line of action, it was Judicious
for you to overlook their piracy in that territory, but that
none the less in my opinion makes them infringers.
I# 1 should go to Mexico (and Mr. Connery has made ma
a very tempting offer which 1 am seriously considering) one of
the first things I should do, if it did not conflict with your
interests, would be to work for a judicial adjudication stamping
them as infringers, should they show their faces in that country.
I think that with Mr. Connery's able assistance and with some
abort, sharp, quick and inteligently directed legal work in the
courts of that country, wau we could bring that about.
Please advise me by return mail when it will he conveni¬
ent for you to see me at the laboratory.
Truly yours,
Edwin M. Fox.
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Ool. Geo. E. Gouraud,
Little Menlo, Upper Norwood,
Surrey, England.
Dear- Sir: -
Messrs. Dyer & Seely have refered to me you letter under
date 7th inst., in which you state that you fail to understand the
object q^- your not applying for patents in short term countries
in connection with phonograph improvements, and stating further¬
more that you had made applications fob* patents in short term
countries in the matter of cases 84 and. 85.
In reply to this letter I would say that there are several
reasons why you should not make such applicetions, the object of
which will appear later on.
The first reason was contained in "a letter dated November
33d 1887, written by Mr. Dyer, in which ho told you tha* I had
asked him to say to you that I did not wish you to apply for
these short term patents.
The second reason you will find in a letter which is doubtless
in your files at the present time, written by Mr. Dyer and reit-
crating in substance^contained in his letter of the 33d of Hon,,
0 _ , ^ ^
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The third reason i£ the various conversations which you had
with myself and Mr. Dyer on this same subject when you were last
in America, and the fourth reason I find embodied in your propos¬
ed contract relating to foreign countries, the first provision of
which roadB cs follows:
v And the said Edison furthermore agrees, that if during the
4
existence off this contract, any new or further inventions
^ . or improvements are made by him i y y: yr he will furnish to
^ the said Gouraud such data, information and drawings as may
be necessary to enable the said Gouraud to apply for and
obtain / Letters Patent;*./ in each and every the coun-
^ ftries aforsaid
1 PROVIDED HOWEVER, that the said Edison shall not bo called
upon to do anything which will prevent either the obtaining o jj!_
C' Letters Patent upon such inventions or improvements in the
^ United States, or shorten the life of any such pat ents when
obtained. ^
You are sufficiently well versed in putent
affairs to know that in the case of short term patents, the date
[ENCLOSURE]
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m
which controls is the date of application, and consequently if
you apply for a short tern, patent before my United States patents
in the same connection have been issued, you thereby limit the
lives of my U. S. patents, and render them valid only so long as
j short tens patent is in force.
In the matter of gases 84 and 85 you have displayed an utter
and selfish disregard for interests of mine which you must have
known were of more value to me than the short grants which you
have obtained in obscure countries.
In addition to this you have a t, r ir. direct opposition to my
expressed wishes, and have furthermore fexsw violated the very
first provision of a recorded agreement which you proposed enter¬
ing into with me.
As my instructions to you in this connection were made so re¬
peatedly, not only by letter, but orally by myself and through
Mr. Dyer, and as I also considered the matter of sufficient
importance to provide for it in my proposed written agreement with
you, it is difficult for me to understand ju$t in what way I can
place my views before you, or express my wishes to you so as to
insure a proper recognition of them on you* part. I cabled
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yen to-day expressing briefly my feelings as to your action in the
matter of cases 84 and 85, and I endeavomo express myself in
relation to cases 86 and 87 in a way that would admit of but one
in terp rotation.
Yours
• ruly ,
160 Broadway, N, Y. ,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. 7.
Bear Sir:-
August 21,1888,
Enclosed please find order for one Edison Phonograph, to
be shipped to Call ao, . Peru. I have notified Mr. Agostini that
you have exclusive control of the foreign business, except in
Canada, and that this order has been forwarded to you for action.
Yours very, respectfully,
42..
General Manager.
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E. T. GILLILAND,
NEW YORK, . .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Ornage, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
V/. H. Grossman & Bro. of 77 Broad St. have received
from a correspondent in Honolulu a positive order for a Phonograph
provided the machine can be shipped by a steamer leaving San Fran¬
cisco October 9th. Their representative states that they have
previously been referred to Col. Gouraud and points^thiT fact that
it would be much more expensive to ship a machine from here to
Honolulu via England than it would be to ship the machines direct.
He wishes to be informed whether it is not possible for them to
obtain machines here for their trade. X have advised t>h'afo to commu¬
nicate with you on the subject.
As weAhave similar inquiries, from other parties
I would be glad to be informed as to what repijr should be given.
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and If . so., the name and address; or whether we can. send him one from here.
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EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON. 10th October;!
“Understand you
SOUTH AMERICAN PATENTS,
o oonfirm your ’reply message as follows:-
re negotiating with Maguire about South American Phonographs,
right man, and suggest. -you do nothing as to any American
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The Direct United States Cable Company (LinM.)
HALIFAX
LONDON
LIVERPOOL
i, 40 Broadway & 61 New St.
444 Broome Street.
Queen Building, Hollis St.
34 Throgmorton Street.
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CABLE OFFICE,
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OCT 10 1888
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
Dear Sir,
PATENTS.
Enclosed in this you will find a letter from Mr Harding-
-ham, a London Patent Agent strongly recommended to me by Mr Fletcher
Moulton, Q.O. as the most careful Patent Agent he knew. I have acted
under his advice with regard to applying for foreign «****«*««« Patents
and after submitting the whole facts with respect to what I have done
he has written me the enclosed vfcich I send for your information, and
which, I hope, may finally dispel any feeling you may have in connection
with this matter.
With regard to the short term countries viz:- those under 15
years, I have already written you; and with respect to the other a coun¬
tries mentioned by Mr Hardingham - ITALY & PORTUGAL. - I have to report
as follows:- I
ITALY.
I have received Letters Patent for this country for 15 years
so that this matter is dispensed with.
PORTUGAL.
I note what you say in your private note to no about tbie ■
country hilling your United States Patent, but either your informant must
be wrong, or ny Patent .gent »st be, in which ease I must dispense „ith
h.s services. This i, a question on which there can be no two opinions,
lt ”“l 6" “ »• »■» « it certainly i„ to to have two
kind, or advice boring upon „,i, ,o cation. «, as.„, in PontuEol h„ «.
-peat odly info»od that a 5 or . .10 year Patent i„ t„at country c„
!' .* ended without prc.iudicc at w tig to the longer te™ or Id year,.
To make a„ur.»„, doubly aur, I t,,, .eain written him to prolong the
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I shall be glad to have your decision as regards the short term
countries on the lines indicated by my previous letters, as it seems to
me that the countries would be infinitely more valuable if we secure our
rights therein, without any prejudice to the United States, and other '
long term countries. Pray carefully consider this matter, and let me
know early in view of Patents now p ending ^nd those I am advised by
Messrs Dyer & Seely are getting prepared to be sent to me.
Yours faithfully,
G. E. GOUEAUD.
I
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Representing:
. FRAZAR & 00., SHANGHAE,
FRAZAR «u00., YOKOHAMA,
CANADIAN PAOIFIO RAILWAY
AND STEAMSHIP LINES.
(JAPAN AND CHINA AGENCIE8.)
EVERETT FRAZAR,
124 WATER ST.,
New York.Nov. 3rd, 1888.
Thomas A, Edison Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Referring to my interview with you on Tuesday last in regard
to the introduction of your phonograph into Japan and China, I
would say that I have gone carefully through the extracts of the
proposed agreement to he made between you and Mr. Erank Z. Maguire
of Philadelphia, who, with an expert appointed by you it is pro¬
posed shall proceed to Japan and China on this special business;
and if you are perfectly satisfied as to Mr. Maguire's business
capacity and financial backing, to properly conduct same, I think
it would be advisable to have this agreement carried out, with the
following amendments; to which you will please excuse my calling
your careful attention, speaking as I do from thirty years exper¬
ience in business with these oriental countries, in your own inter¬
est. Of course, there is always some doubt as to the successful
business management of such a peculiar undertaking on the part
of any one sent to those countries, but as Mr. Maguire has never
been in China or Japan and consequently does not know the natives
or foreigners resident there, great care should be taken on your
part to see that your interests cannot be injured in the event of
his not making a success of the undertaking, and, in order that you
may protect yourself aid be ready at any moment to take the inter¬
est into your own hands, without delay or cost to you, I would
very strongly urge that the following corrections be made in the
memo, of agreement, Vis.: In clause 5 which reads “said Edison
desires , so far as practicable, in the appointment of agents",
the four words "so far as practicable" should be left out of the
agreement, and in the same clause that part reading "in this
respect and to confer the appointments upon them wherever practi¬
cable" the tiro words "wherever practicable" should be left out.
The intention of these two amendments you will notice is that while
Mr. Maguire would act as general ^gent in Japan and China, the
same as my films in Yokohama and Shanghae do for you and all other
Edison interests in the matter of electric lighting for those
countries and Korea, you and all our other principals, numbering
about thirty, have that confidence in me and my firms whereby you
are willing to place your interests unrestrictedly in our hands.
You are, therefore, protected in every way and through me look to
see these interests properly conducted, and you have responsible
parties with whom you can come into immediate personal contact.
Is this not very essential 3n the matter of Mr. Maguire's taking
up the phonograph business for you? In clause 10th reading
"all rights are personally conveyed to Maguire by Edison and are
not transferable", I would suggest that the following five words
be added: "except to Erazar & Co," which would then make it read
"and are not transferable, except to Erazar & Co. and all rights
granted to said Maguire ftc." The advantage of this very important
claiise to you would be that in the event of your or our finding
that Mr. Maguire is not using the great privilege which you place
in his hands to advantage and you have sufficient cause to take
immediate action and cancel the agreement with him, he can be made
to transfer his interests and rights over to my firms in China and
Japan, by cable sent through me, here. Unless you have such a
clause and understanding, you might be compelled to suffer a loss
of six months of mis -management and a certain injury to the business
naturally following.
As you are aware, I have for the past year, been in close cor¬
respondence with and have sent all the printed information I have
been able to obtain in regard to your phonograph to my firms in
Japan and China and I know that both Mr. Lindsley and Mr. Wetmore
take Ihe livliest interest in the phonograph and its future success
they simply asking from you through me that they may be assured
of its being a conmercial success in this country, when they are
perfectly willing to incur the expense of having an expert sent
out, as I have several times notified you and Mr. Tait. As late as
Aug. 4th, I wrote to both Shanghae and Yokohama as follows: "I
find from Mr. Edison that he has sold the U. S. rights in his pho¬
nograph, but not the rights abroad, so it stands just the same for
you. I wait to see it really a commercial success here , after
practical use, and in this Mr. Edison is in good accord with me."
I have, from time to time, made many inquiries from outside par¬
ties, notably through Mr. Upton, Mr. John Crosby Brown, who some
time since informed me that he was not only a stock holder in your
Company, but proposed to put a phonograph in his house and office,
Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Gilliland, Messrs. Unger, Smith & Co., whoacted
as bankers in placing the phonograph stock, and several others, en¬
deavoring to answer the requests of my firms in China and Japan as
to mts commercial practicability for use in those countries. I
therefore, have not been idle, and have always been ready to take
the matter up as soon as might seem expedient. It is not necessary
for me to repeat that I, too, take the warmest interest in the
success of your phonograph. I shall bo very glad to do all in my
power, both here and in Japan and China and Korea to sake it a
grand success. If you agree with me that these amendments, which
are certainly in your interests are added, and you are satisfied
that Mr. Maguire can provide himself with funds sufficient to ena¬
ble him to go to Japan and China, live and travel in those coun¬
tries for one year I shall be very glad to render all aid in my
power to help Mr. Maguire carry out this agreement with you.
At the present I am temporarily living in New York City. I
will be in Orange on Tuesday next, the 6th, to cast my Presidential
vote and I propose to call at your laboratory to see you in regard
to this matter, and to give any further information or suggestions
which we may mutually think to be advantageous.
hJosu?
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My Dear Insull,-
In the Gouraud oontraota, China and Japan are
excepted. We ought also to have made an exception of Corea, as
the business in this latter country should be handled by the
persons who undertake the Japanese and Chinese business. I do
not believe GouraUd would raise any objection if we were to ex¬
cept Corea now. Would it not be well to have it mentioned in
the new form of contract Major Eaton is preparing? I *, aure
it was the intention of Mr. Edison to have Corea worked in con¬
nection with Japan, and at the time the present contract was
drawn it was probably considered that Japan included Corea. .A .
you know, there is a well founded doubt upon this latter point,
and to avoid any possible conflict I make the above suggestion.
Yours very tiulyj
Samuel Insull, Esq,
Audition & Exhibition
PHONOGRAPHE EDISON
Demonstration theorique & pratique
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Orange, II . J,
Dear Mr. Edison,
160 Broadway, New York, ^
November 17, 1888.
1 this day received a letter from a friend., from
which I give you an extract. " The Sultan of Turkey 1ms forwarded
through his Grand Vizier an urgent request for one of Edison's
Improved Phonographs, and our friend to whom the request is ad¬
dressed is very anxious to obtain one, and send it to Constant!-,
nople as a present. He adds that there are. very important scien¬
tific interests depending upon this."
Is there any way by which the request of; His Imperial Highness
oan be complied with?
Very truly yours,
Oory.
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[ENCLOSURE]
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Copy,
Richmond Hill, 1. I., Nov. 17, 88.
My Dear Edison, -
On reflection what I want is some; thing like a
power of attorney from you authorizing me to apply to the Mexican
Oovernment for the exclusive privilege of placing your phonographs
in the post offices of the Republic on terms mutually agreeable
and satisfactory.
Please send it and the other papers to me to the above ad¬
dress.
It will be well to have this power legalized by a Notary and
the Mex. Consul.
Yours in haste.
(Signed)
THOMAS B. CONNERY.
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George Edward Gouraud, Esq:
Edison's Phonograph Oo:
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slightest influence upon the Patent or its duration, and nothingcould
paidaindadvande?01”e’ Y°U would ’’“"P1? loose the interest on; the money
Trusting you will find the! explanations satisfactory,
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully.
(Sighed) T. J. BENEDETTI.
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The Direct United States Cable Company (Limited.)
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London, England.
NEW YORK Offices, 40 Broadway & 61 New St.
“ 444 Broome Streetl'4
HALIFAX “ Queen Building, Hollis St.
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LONDON.
T. A. Edison Esq. ,
Orange, N. J.
13th December 1888.,
Dear Sir-
Proposed presentation to Sultan.
On the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., today t
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cabled you ‘as follows “Turkey with modifications; mail.* I do not
think that such an expense as you propose that I should bear will be
justified from a purely business point of view; which is the only point
of view from which I am asked to consider it- if x were to make such
a contribution as that - which would considerably ekceed the cost of
the Phonographs themselves - it would be equivalent to my making a
present of that amount to the University of Pennsylvania, while it
does not. a® ear from Professor Barker’s letter that the University
would in that case, bear any part of the expense, while the presenta¬
tion would nevertheless have to be made ,in order to be of any service
to them, in tlje joint names of the University and yourself .
From what you say it appears you are interested in the
(2)
objects of the expedition and that you would like to assist it in the
way indicated and in consequence you generously propose to make a
present of the Phonographs. Thistll right, and in doing so you accom¬
plish two objects- namely, assisting something that you know all
about and interests you and which you are anxious to help, and at the
same time you get the credit of benefiting the business and whatever
good may come - query if any - and vhich in my mind is very doubtful;
in making the handsome present you propose and by the contribution
which yousuggest that I should make.
It does not appear from the concluding remarks of Professor
Barker’s letter that. the university expects to escape without bearing
part of the expense and taking that as my cue and saying at once what
goes without say^ing,that I am anxious to fall in with your .wishes
in every possible way, I have cabled you Turkey with modifications
instead of Sultan. . Now, these are the modificatio^te^t'^'^opose
this Christmas Turkey shall be eaten;-
First, I interpose no objection to your making the Sultan
& Grand Vizier a present if you wish to do so and if you do so at your
own expense, or at the joint expense of the University, the present
should be made in in the names of yourself and the University, but if
I make any contribution to it I think it is only fair that I should
have whatever benefit there may be, if any , from being one of the
parties to the presentation and if I were to be one of the parties and
(3)
- myself the medium of making the presentation in conjunction obviously
with the American Minister, as that would have to be the case, then X
might by reason of that personal association with the event, be able
to turn it to the "business account" which, from your letter, I see
you have considered it so far as X. am concerned. My blng the medium
in the form I suggest would moreover be a natural One in view of my
relations to yourself and the Phonograph and one from which I could
no doubt see ray way, somehow or another, to derive some equivalent
for my part of the expense. Now as to this expense. I would propose
to take Professor Barker at his word in regard to the part Of the
expense that he should bear( and it is quite right that he should
bear part, indeed, from the importance he attaches to the subject
he might not have done badly to have borne the whole including the
cost of the instruments, however, that is neither here nor there so
far as my present suggestion is concerned) and that we should divide
in some way the amount . The expense may be made less than would be
the case by the plan you propose, by sending the Phonographs to me
when you may be sending others, and leaving me to send them to Turkey
either by Hamilton or some one of his now numerous asslsta$t$( 1 am
utilizing all the Phonographs I have for teaching people so as to
make them competent to teach others:. I have several here whom I can,
on Hamiltons certificate, send anywhere with confidence) I should
<4>
propose that the expenses therefrom resulting should he divided be-
' tween the University and myself. This would make A sort of triangular
business en the lines of Professor barker’s suggestion, in v^iph he
would decidedly have the most certain benefit as a result} as, what he
wants he cannot get and these presents will enable him to get, while
That we want, Then we are ready to ask for it, we can get Off our own
bat.
Trusting this proposal will in «very way pwve agreeable
to you and tp my friepd and colleague, Professor Barke* t
Electrical Exhibition ) to whom present my kind regards,
Believe me,
yours trpiy,
G. E. Gourgud.
R. M.
5 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK.
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REPBE8ENTIN0:
FRAZAR & CO., SHANQHAE,
FRAZAR & CO., YOKOHAMA,
CANADIAN PAOIFIO RAILWAY
'AND STEAMSHIP LINES.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange.
Dear Sir:
EVERETT FRAZAR,
124 WATER ST.,
New York. Dec* 31st,
I had a call from your Mr. Tate today and discussed fully wit!
him the matter of introduction of your Phonograph into Japan, Chins
and Korea. On the 28th inst. I wrote you a letter stating that I
had just received a cable from Japan reading as follows: -Agent of
American graphaphone is now here, actively canvassing Japan." Mr.
Tate agreed with me that immediate action should be taken on this
by the sending of cables tonight, both to Yokohama and Shanghae,
which I have done, same reading as follows: -Advertise Edison's
perfected phonograph far superior graphone. Supplied within forty
days with expert.* The cost of these, which Mr. Tate said would be
remitted to me here was, with address, - to Shanghae $29.85
to Yokohama 38.15
By mail from Yokohana just to hand Mr.lindsley writes me that
if it is your desire that we decide at once in the matter of send¬
ing an expert to Japan with some phonographs, he reconxnends same,
with my approval. Within the past few months I have talked with
various parties who have examined and have some interest in your
phonograph, and 1 am satisfied it will be made a great success.
At Mr. Tate's invitation, I propose to visit your laboratory and
. phonograph factory on Saturday afternoon next about 3:30 o'clock,
when I will be able, personally, to be assured of its great value
commercially. Upon such assurance I will then be willing to enter
into an agreement with you, to take a young gentleman reoonmendad :
by you,- an expert in the phonograph, with also certain electrical
knowledge, and send him out to Japan, to Ohina and Korea, to work
in connection with my houses, having the very valuable assistance
of the electrical and railway experts whom we have had in our ser¬
vice for the past few years.- Acquaintance v/ith the language and
customs of both native and foreign methods will, X am sure, be of
the greatest value in the quick and successful exploiting of the
Edison Phonograph, as against the opposition Lippincott Graphaphon©
All dealing in the matter with those countries, the filling of or<^
ders, payment for instruments, cabling &c. will go through W hands
here.- You will, therefore, know when and where to find me, always,
and w0 can work in such close accord as will, I am confident, be
much to your satisfaction. Eor the first year, where I have to
undergo the expense of salary and passages to and from the East,
with living expenses added, Mr. Tate says you will be willing to
make quite liberal and satisfactory terms. After these have been
placed on a safe foundation, a continuance of our contract will be
made to mutual advantage. I, therefore, ask you to let the matter
remain in abeyance until I see you with Mr. Tate and Mr. Batchelor
at your laboratory Saturday afternoon next. I think you will agree
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Tfith me that it is very advisable that immediate action is taken
on the above cables whioh will be circulated throughout Japan and
China within one week of the graphaphone agent appearing on the
spot. With the compliments of the season,
Believe me, dear Sir,
Yours very truly.
[FROM THOMAS B. CONNERY?]
Sear Sir,
I answered your latter of the 6th of June on the Ilth of
July and, I wrote again on the 1st of August without having received
up to $ate, any answer to my two letters, by which I informed you
of *he difficulty of obtaining patents of invention both for the
phonograph and phonograms.
To day I have the pleasure of enclosing the Decrees of the
President of the Republic in the ■Diaro Oficial* of the I2th inst
granting exclusive privilege for teh' years for both inventions*
The enactment of both decrees without having received here the
patents which I asked you in my. last letters is owing to an act of
benevolence on the part of the Mexican Goveraient who by so doing
have gone out of the usual course hitherto followed in granting
patents in favour of foreigners, for inventions made in foreign
countries.
As you will see in both DecreeS.in order to. benefit of all
the rights ofjfehE. patents it is necessary to pay ISO dollars in
(recognised) current value of the IPublio 'debt, for each one of the
patents, the said value varies from. 34 to 40 % not knowing why you
did not answer my letters and fearing that for some reason or other
your Company have changed their mind with regard to the patents in
this country I shall wait your answer to this letter before disbursing
the above sum.
[ATTACHMENT]
. . T r a n s 1 a t i o n.
In virtue of the quality .imposed in mR by Rule 16 of Article
8n of the Constitution, I have thought fit to decree as ibllows:-
FIRST. That, in conformity with the Artie ie of the La w
of May 7th, 1882, and in its regulation of July 12th, 1862, the
privilege is exclusively given, for ten years, to Senor. THOMAS
ALVA KT)I BON, for the modifications which he has mad'e of the
PHONOGRAPH, his invention, with the object of adapting ‘that instru
went to public use, in such a way that its manipulation will be
easily understood and convenient for the uses for which it is
destined. The interested person will pay for patent right fl'50,
in recognized titles of the public debt.
I order that this shall be printed publicly and generally
made known.
(Jiven in the Palace of the Executive Power of the Union of
Mexico 29th September, 1888, PRESIDENT DIAZ.
6>v.
sA-C.- .. (/■(/'l&fl Zpf-O -'i'l-t'-Cg:
1888. Phonograph - Foreign - United Kingdom (D-88-50)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
phonograph business in the United Kingdom. Included are letters about the
technical performance of the phonograph, foreign patent applications, and the
recording of phonogram messages exchanged between Edison and George E.
Gouraud, his agent in the United Kingdom. There are also transcripts of
phonogram messages sent to Edison by members of the British nobility. Most
of the correspondence is by Gouraud.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: shipping receipts;
duplicate copies of selected documents; documents that duplicate information
in selected material.
[COPY. ORIGINAL IS ILLEGIBLE.]
c v i - Cot, i’c— t( ,
January 4th, 1888
A. 0. Tate Esq.,
40, Wall St., New York.
37-
Dear Sir,
I am not sure whether 1 acknowledged your favor of 29th. Deo.
in relation to the Phonograph for England, and the lioenoe executed
by Mr. Edison. If the licence is not in the safe, it is just possibj
that it is amongst a lot of Phonograph papers whioh Mr. Gilliland
got from us some time sgo. If he has not got it, it may possibly
have been sent to ^iigland, at the time the Phonograph was disclafW
If such is the case you can probably learn of its whereabouts by
communicating with Messrs Waterhouse, Winte rbottom and Harrison,
No. 1 New Court, Carey St., Lincolns Inn, London W.C., England.
These gentlemen had charge of all the legal affairs for the
Edison Telephone Co. of England.
Yours Very Truly
Sam.Insull
_ . 01 enclosing copy of Nottage's letter to
' . 1 «*M»* »« «o tot, copies of aEre,t.»t.
spondene o and inti„ati„g that th. a.lay ln th,ir r„001pl _ ra>_
b,i 40,,° *° ‘VOid “ >»•*-.. delays
Itave. generally shoraoertised our correspondence in the past fr.t
side. The delay p suktit i„ this tatter i. unreasonable. t „ote
IT: 'T t0r M'1-- “ *» ’•»* to.„ received. Kvery-
Od P Otosed to do it f„r and perhaps that is the trouble, "to.
took,, - l0. Cannot ear friend Mr. Tat. see that these tatters ■
He look, like a tan „ho does thinEs thorouffily. Hero m j
at. preparations, and don't kne. the position of . si„gle one of the .oT"
Wvi^crnt _ ,/yVy.
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: THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
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^UMRER SENT BY I REC'DBY I No OF WORDS 1 -
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Received at CENTRAL CABLE OFFICE, 1 6> Broad St, Hew York.
(To _
, (02^.1888.
C5AS3X-:E3 3SKEBSSJaL<38-S. ,<--71
THE WESTERM UHTIOlff TELEGRAPH COMI/Ay Y.
. , . . . .
reived at CENTRAL CABLE OFFjCE, 1 6 Broad St., New York. 7_ 1888
_ -?v! 2^ . . / '
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C\^sX - 'jfary*
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THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS.
CABLE ADDRESS:
“XYDSUN NEW YORK.”
Schenectady, N. V., .iniyyi.y i i» i, ' i'kam
Edison's Laboratory.
A. 0, Tate. Esq.
Orange M..1.
Dear Sir.
I have .your favor of 18th inst . with relation to dis¬
claiming the Phonograph in England. If you can give me the date
when the Disclaimer was made, or rather Disclaimers, as .1 think ■
the re were two of them , I could probably put you on the track of
the correspondence. It is either filed away in boxes amongst
Mr. ad i son s papers, or else it is in Col. Gouraud ' s hands" in Lon¬
don. If you can fix the date for me I will tell you what you
'•’7
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^Little Menlo, * ;
Beulah Hill,j
Upper Mcrwepd,
j4n. 20th, ’88.
Ie there net a way out of the difficulty of the eize ef the phono¬
gram, for small though they be, they trill take up, in any ease, eensider-
able room owing to their cylindrical shape. Does, not the solution lie
in a flat atrip os tube of some sort, from two to f<ur inches wide, that
will roll up on a stick say the size of a small pent ii /^simply to keep it
stiff^/ the phonograph to be so sonstructed as to alilbw repeating aridre--
sording styles to; pass from right to left, in other jwords ricihg A as S”)
pen works across/a sheet of paper, but with less sp^cer- between' thb lines f
It occurs to me that your fertile powers- can. work: out -such a- -thing, the
adrantages of which are obVious, arid i Venture the suggestion in accord¬
ance with your request that I should comnuhicate to lyou ahy ideas which
I might have as.da fimproTlna the phonoousphi,:‘
If it be possible- to so construct a machine as jte enable the use of
phonograms in this form, an adjustment could be easily added, by which when
you hare finished the phonogram, it could bo rerollod automatically before
sending, and so that the receiwer would be able to start it rl^ht- end-
foremost. Of course the tape would when in use, be unrolling.
brnsors PHONOGRAPH CO.
Dictated. iBi Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON. Jan. 26th, 1888.
Edison:
^^Dld you file comPlete 8r provisional specification in Amer-
Oca. and what was the date? Are you not -going to patent any of
machinery or tools employed in making phonographs and phonograms?
1 should suppose you would at least have something patentable in
connection with the manufacturing.
I hay. fonnd th. licenae ro Hottaga. I am no. trying to got f
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• Upper Norwood,
Jan. 31 Bt, 1888.
Ed i a on: . Vj • ' „ : -
I: have. appliadj . first. to. thevaec.'^ jO.f ithe United, j then to Brand
the* chairman, 6 Tat erhouse ,t .Wintggbcitham, (in . the pffort to traod
all correspondence .relating .to., the diaoifimer, , jrith a vipwito dearly
•st'abU^hg^,$|i^^/«atho|^.t3f,ItiB.inake i.t.'X^J to the utmoit endeavored .to a-
void imply in§v,or ralgi.ngj.any question against. the^Nnitedy,: -I based my
applioa^iogdf<}Jji^j.§ri9fo5ination,.ti5on our-ne^esailtijf^jarphaying it, ow¬
ing to' oojpp^gat|. jjgSpjhJ oljsmigh^ f ari pet frop^the ^t^nde^^en byrNottage.
. I hadjg.eygralj ini^^^ByijriJih Winterbotham, who sdouted jihe idea of the
Stereoac3picrhaying..any1ola4m yhat^vjrggb^ttjkg '^^gd'^j>«^tjdyV^o:;.giwe
me anyf infgmatiiogtTj^,on.,theiaubjeot:.,3JiJh§abo55g|^onJi»nbpsagd^trimaaotions
oonnegtediwithr.^be.,gisolaimer, ^-unless .I0wou^£ri8$jr, , c*nnyg^ behalf,/ that- ...
you^would^make 'neTaldMr%?®*“S^ haye:
done in. the prraisps; j.Jhia^of^gnyae^t ggnld^not^graf,^# ,de^~ ' X, said,
howgy or, , §JL1, If-eould t,o vprore te,himu^t ' r believed /they, had 3done nothing
so ippgytagt.jaa ^la^disioiaiBjer. %wwatwi^hgat t*^t:au^05i'|'y';eithgr 'from you
•t t&etAi^»*f«ti^?ri^e§^5ejiou?.ly^i^^rgra^ft5ti^f1|ii^^greemehta;
••Pffilftliy g^asft iKyfftSnS ggntlfM? MlbR IfHMf dia^aimi^he^phono-
BraP^*nSrat?i1^iyii»«f^if§^1Cn|?.the telephone patent, whiph had iBsue in
the famous ^r5i?ftn^m^|r&oft??i, ^g^eiy^ ^^ha^the^whole^ele-
phenenPSiJ^ 8Ha§|iofl0ifio^f ,go^iR?jn ^inie^g^^tioned; that the
TOtJSJp$8^%sfc&tK!^8SiV!l? ?P.^^I5»^,°S5«?P.9^e9M bet*eeh them-
s#1Mfs?&!i.Jolm30n »t the time. Of course I pointed oujt that that would
have no bearing upon the question unlejs anyr;a^|jhority djirivea from joiih-
aen was based upon your authority to trim. ' %' Ietter of j this date to
ojfijthe matter j, and
1 iwf,:i-1j?rWPt(ly eoniply^with my^requiremerita. ' J Xmnediately 1'
correspondence,’ if any, which took place be¬
tween you and the United, or by your anthority— by which! I mean between
you and any officer of the United or their attorneys, Waperhouse* Win-
terbotham I shall place this whole question before counsel for advice,
having in mind two things,— 1st, a special Sill in Parliament for the is-
eue to you of a new patent upon the phonograph* It is quite possible- ••
2 d page, Jan. 31st, '88*
that such a bill could be passed, in view of the main fapts of the oase,
with which you are familiar, but which may be briefly enumerated:
a. --That you newer derived any profit from this most marvelous in-
. ventiom '' ■/ r ■.
t^le »as not ycrars, but yeur English .pgent 's, who put
: : v?*,® P»^ *nt • : something net . the provisional specification*
: Vil*' of : the ^.phonograph patent i in the telephone
...jPatent.Hiwailfeted^'the telephone patent. ^4",
3cth01 fin'4»ra'er ’to’ sav.e the tel^ione pateivt the' purchasers ef it
■; destroyed^w^^^S^^aliiaJ.thone-wasji^^our^^onci^iapS'pit’ent* ' "
- ■•-•■ •• ^®y^re^®B*8uP^>*^Sa*5j!^¥JP1a®spaten;6*'madSjiiuhdreds.of' -
^5un4s6but-ofelt.to 'Vuttn ti? * i
P* '»i^rb.thim f-eund that I would not formally' jaive .11 «
*8*1“t tha unitao 06. *«, to 0i.0l.iB'i 'Z *U ”1*1“
w «, ?™:: ?
pany were not bound by the ei»r.n» m * . P? ,m?» that the Cem-
- - patent ^ ** ~ ^
ta necessary to confer »«,, position tKereonaorj tha" a“ “ .££
3d page, Jan. Slst, ’8,3. '
from the license in question other than such as went to pottage, would be¬
long to the Company. - A proposition, as I told him, toojutterly absurd to
justify even comment upon it. But it shows which way tjie wind blows,
and tells me very clearly that Waterhouse * Winterbothamjmust think that
they have done something which they had no right to do, pr else they would
not have advanced so silly a proposition as' the above, of hesitated to
give me any information regarding- the dorrespondenoe or. documents relating
to the disclaimer,. The matter of my request for the injfonnatibn and
copies of correspondencewas the subject of cohsideratip^ between Wihter-
botham and mys el^, v between Brand and Morgan of the United and myself, *0.
The only thing,I hav^to .urge upon you^and' thPse' whado' yoUr correspondence
is that no communication ,be sent *to Waterhouse 4 Winterbotham or the United,
or anybody else concerning this lioenseV-* pwi^| Jo ^ebl sit* ’it'
hess, and everything mjiBt .be done to avoid' ob^rcinising ^y /position in the
matter. If I find that the United GoJ'h^Ve^oyed ypur phonograph
patent without due authority from you; their disclaimer obhld be held to
be void; thus much' I have- elicited- frbS tL ^eF dosiissioner of ^Patents.
I am taking advice, as tp whether ,^’condi’dering wliat Nottage. did under 'the
circumstances and, ;*;ebeived-in;:the .
him out of all . benefits under: your- ll’c’ensev Pvbn ?f we wbfe‘ al^le to revive
the phonggraph patent. tVil;Irhave» cabled y^thlt1 V'i^ve found the license
and have urged, you to pxpedite with all possible speed cfpies of all docu¬
ments pas3ingibetweenljyjpurselvesjafidr bth'ersV'bS' tliia 'sidejvrith reference to
the “gently rei^bn* y&r'lib'ei^rthit f receive the
same ^^^1 pttsij^^espatchii: ti. quert<~n, as ■
S. K. Gouraud.
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Edison:
Little Menlo,
Npper Norwood,
Feb. 18th, 1888.
! (MAGNIPHONE. )
Several years Ago you were good enough to give roe your original
Magiphone, arid promised to have it packed up and sent to me. I very much
wish you would, have this done now. i have a splendid place to show its
interesting powers on a broad terrace balcony at Little Menlo, where I
should like to have it when all the world comes to hear your voice in the
first phonogram.
1 would also like you to let some one get together for me an example
(complete with the miscellaneous supplies,) of each one of your inventions,
as sort of a collection for the "Edison room* at Little Menlo.
Gouraud.
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Little Menlo,
Upper Norwood,
Feb. 23d,
Edison:
THE MANUFACTURER PHONOGRAMS.
I understand from Gilliland you conclude these will have to be
made here, as indeed I think you always expected. He also says that ma¬
chinery may be sent with Hamilton for that purpose. if possible, please
do it | so we may have a more certain [supply, and presumably more economi¬
cally than when transported from America in bulk. please send all de¬
tails relating to manufacturing. [
Are there no patentable, devices jin the machinery you are making for
the manufacture of phonograms? I ttjdnk there must be. You are aware
that in several European countri^in orderto avoid invalidating, the pat¬
ents already applied for, it is ioapn^ant. that we manufacture in' those
countries.. This must be care.lhliy looked to, and such being the case,
it seems no time should be lost in putting in hand the duplication of all
machinery necessary 'for mmfaStuHng W^onograph Rmpiete^^eh as y*
my finally decide on for use in America. 1 „ satisfied that tith the
^ hTT“ ”” '<‘i’ ,0" h"e ““>*»«■•*. *h.t the magni-
TL “ llllBi‘*bl'' “a "•» ««»»» Pa* en. la.e meting
dial 7' r“ “ *• °n this .id. t. mat ,h(
demand, and enclud. cnspetition, Wiich toula otherti.e spring up at all
e'tahU.hi„Th' y“ 1 1,111 th* »"ney for
f rit t e r ”” *■ “1 he necessary. t .ho„ld
establish onrselves in Prance, >hieh i. the center of Europe-. „a
your position in th. profit, of manufacture shall be adjusted to your on-
In” 4» — way. in this connection, lot me egl “
Zr IT rnmi" ”°t f°rS?t 'h8V» settle th. capital of
your American Manufacturing Company. _ ^
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Little Menlo,
Upper Norwood,
Feb. 23d, 1888.
Dear Mr. Tate:
I wish you would do mo the favour of looking up the copy of
Scribner’s Magazine — possibly it was the. Century instead — published I
think in 1878, containing an article by Edison on the future of the phono-
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graph, — and send me a copy of the magazine, and induce Edison to read i*
into the .phonograph as a phonogram to me. This would be, an? interesting ,
and very appropriate realization of the predictions therein -ma^'p.
Very truly yours, ” o
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Edison:
Little Menlo,
Upper Norwood,
Feb. 23d,
(A PHONOGRAHH LETTER AT ONCE. )
Unless your first phonogram should have left before tv, •
you, .or be ready to come by the following *•, T 18 rea°h<
enough to talk me a talk into the h 1 ’ 1 "1Sh ^ W°Uld be kind
stenographer _ wri te it 1 ! Ponograph and let some clerk-not a
received the first phonograph ^ T ^ ^ ^
proper, will give us several hundred tv, ’ S before the phonogram
tk ot — ~
phonograph in yonr lahor.ior, .«,loh M11 ! *
THE WESTER. Iff UlVTIOIff TELEGRAPH COlWPflWV
from^ tile illustrious Col. Gouraud. I do not believe in making any
su^h deal as that gentleman suggests; he is simply coming back to
his old plan of trying to control your business abroad. To my mind
he is more than ever anxious to put on his Note Heads the words
“Representative and Attorney in Europe for Mr. Thomas A. Edison."
I have not replied to Gouraud, and in fact before doing so desire
to talk the matter over with you. I feel annoyed that Dyer should
enter into any negotiations with Gouraud on a subject of this
kind. Dyer cannot of course have any idea h£ as n,o what we here
may think- of such a deal, and Dyer's approval (if it must necessari¬
ly compromise us inasmuch as he represents the Edison shops in
Europe.
[ENCLOSURE]
SON MAOH.NEWORKt'T'^ ^ ^ ^ COPY.
- II1TLE-MEHL0, _
14th. B’ebruary 1888.
My dear Innull.
Prom the letters I have received from all parts of
the world on the mere rumor that "the Phonograph is coming", it is
quite evident that a big Edison Boom is in the near future.
My preparations for this campaign are very different to what
you saw in the early Telephone days. Mow it occurs to me that the
extensive correspondence and almost world-wide system of agencies
I shall have, may just as well as not be used for extending the
sale of your "Edison Manufactures", so far as your contracts will
admit of it. If you think well of the idea give me complete pxxce
list of articles and prices, and I will print the former on all my
letter heads, prefixing to each Edison's Phonograph, Edison's
Pronograms, Edison's Dynamos, Edison's Conductors, Edison's Covered
wire, Edison's Telephone, etc, etc, etc, following with the name of
each of his well known inventions, right down to the bottom of the
sheet, -in the continental style, -and on the back can be a print en¬
graving of your works at Schenectady, and of the Damp factory and
of ' Bergman's, of all of which "Edison Vd" of London can be the
Agency. Tf you approve for Edison’s Machine Works, please inform
Lamp Factory and Bergman that you do and get Edison to tell or ad¬
vise them to do likewise. Dyer has been over and thinks it a cap¬
ital idea, and v/ill so write you. I though- it might stand over
till he goes over in April, but the free advertising you cun all
get by our beginning at once has Just struck me* T have taken a
fine suite of offices in Queen Victoria Street 181, -1st. floor, bib£
[ENCLOSURE]
Little->'cnlo (a)
most central and "first class".
Page wont agree to our selling lamps of American manufacture,
but would bo glad to have us do any plant business, -Dynamos etc.
I hopo you are flourishing and making a success of your grand
works, and that we may soon be talking with each other across the
deep. Immense idea is it not? How does Powers suit you?
We are only now having winter weather. I.Iy' building is fin¬
ished and you would not know the old home you remember.
With kind regards
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SUCh * ^ -fa^sars all the illustrated papers
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natural ~d..tp, or th. sllsht personal invonosnien.o, your oo.ply.
ing with this request* •
Gr. E. Gouraud.
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Little Menlo*
Mch» 7th*: 1888.
.Edison:
Still no nerts of the departure of Hamilton* but though all eager¬
ness to receive it, I lose no confidence in the results when the appara¬
tus does come. Press people here are bothering me a good deal about it,
and one enterprising interviewer has triumphed in his efforts, in spite of
-my repeated attempts to avoid him, --as the result of which, I send you un¬
der separate, cover, qopjes of the "Evening Post."'
Copy
Little Menlo, March 10, 1838.
Dear Edison, -
Many thanks for your several letters of last week
and your kind promise to send me various apparatus and photos.
Don't fail to have photo of yourself and your family and
friends around you when in your "great act" of sending across the
Atlantic the first voice of man unacc ornpan ied by its usual organs
of production. You will see by the press extracts of notices of
Phonograph, and especially of the interview of myself concerning it
(Evening Post) that your first phonogram is going to put the very
seal upon your fame. I hope you will approve of my suggestion
of Beading to at least one of your early if not your first phono¬
gram your "Century" or "Scribners' Magazine" article, or some of
it. In order to avoid any appearance of ogotism in so doing
you may begin that phonogram by saying to mo that "You do so at
my request. "
I hope you will honor Mrs. Edison by having her with you in
the photo, and that she will honor mo and my wife by saying some¬
thing to us-after you.
All eagerness and confidence
Ever yours
Go u r a u d .
(Signed)
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
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m
Gap, *Irst, of March 1888.
Monsieur Gouraud,
Colonel, 0
In accordance with my former communications to you, which you were
..kindenough to receive favorably, I beg to send you the drawing of
my phonograph which realizes the following conditions:
1° The registering & reproduction of sounds during long hours
withoutchanging anything which makes possible the phonogram c impres¬
sion of the largest books. ' • '
2° The cheapness of the machine itself & of the registering pa¬
per & the convenience for sending phonograms. '
0ne ofthe two drawings I send you represents the machine I have
made as seen from the left of a person speaking into the receiver-
rresentBthe pian* that is *-■ aay ... seen
Till* I' ITT put
LIT e “ f 1 *
In order to register the sounds I use Edison's speaker with his
r: ; * '***
cylinde & 10nS °” & fiX6d Cylinder :<J0Tered with tin or on a movable
.1TL° ’“h hSMS”a *“ 0r °‘»» *»pn...lbl. ™.9rui.
If thl I T * P*”“b“r4 *+-1* «no»gh to h... grooves »a.
JL p. Z » *W oylinderfold
ms pasteboard so prepared is covered with a tin ^
Of .nun „„ the p„t„bool.a „rip> **«?
... part °f -y *■ -
if no. 6oakln 'om. 1 .nT 4,P*ral*U *l“° l° th” B”°vs
Therefore, to manufacture it - ^ 4 b* a ®r0at inconvenience.
- a “ 18 ~ *•
ning-mill or as. the instkimdrit • ‘ „ arranged as a.flatte-
their photographic pasteboard ' 8D100thlne
drawing n» 2. ^ knives would out the pastebo^ tT * **“
come out of the flattening-mill & a' nbrL'ti P &S U would
stripcould be obtained in that way. I, this " 81,01101 Pa8t°board
the purpose the pasteboard could be cut -in uZZT ^ ”* ******
tightly rolled up * nlaoed i . r2 ” ” «triP8 of a given width
turned on either sides so as Pl0te ** * lath# * th#n ,
is indispensable; this done thav v, *** °rB that Parall«lism whioh \
•h.I .h.md put t„. ojUMsra '
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the flattening-mill to hare them grooved & then the last thing to do
would be to cover them with, a tin strip.
For my experiments I have manufactured little pieces of these
strips & after trial I have come to this conclusion that the strip by
passing before the vibrating bodkin produced the same results as Edison's
cylinder by turning round before the same bodkin.
As the strip can be of an indefinite length & that moreover se¬
veral parallel grooves can. be. disposed en the same strip it is not by
hundreds that words so reproduced are to be reckoned, but by thou¬
sands & even millions. ' • .
The strip in rolling itself up protects the vibrations of a spire
by another spire against any atmospheric agent & anyother accident, so
thatm this respect also, for a more or less lengthy reproduction, it '
realizes a great improvement in Edison's new movable cylinders, very
resisting in the interior but so very weak at the exterior that they
must be handled with the greatest care. ' •
Had I had this strip. „,ade I should have betrayed myself & had X
sentyou my machine without 'it would have be On sending* youa useless
tool, X, therefore, preferred sending you the two drawings above men¬
tioned. They are both full size & consequently a scale would be useless
The organs of the apparatus are as follows: Two pulleys like
those used for the rolling up of Morse's telegraph strips are super¬
pose^, between the twopulleys there is what I call a guide made of an
iron roller mounted upon screw shaft a which is fixed to arm b tur¬
ning round screw v so as to be well adjusted in front of the vibraing
bodkin. A skew cutting out d in vertical wooden stand m, allows of
that displacement around v The borders of roller r are projecting so
as to guide the strip & is the point of support in order to enable the
bodkin of the receiver to impress its vibrations on the tin.
The two pulleys one of ,whioh is used to un-roll the strip rolled i
up on the other* vise versa,' are composed 1° of shaft a which cdi-ri.es 1
roller r of 0.06c in diameter * of an equal thiokneHs with the widthk '
of the strip & consequently with the width of the part hollowed bet- I
ween the borders of the guide. This roller or disc 1b used to give 1
to the first spire of the sirip a suffi.ient diameter to prevent the j
rumpling of the latter or even its breaking on account of its thick- j
nesp, an accident that Would happen if it were rolled up (as a tai- ' ■
lor's tape measure) on a very small shaft. This same disc is screwed ‘
so as to be able to have it ialways on the same plane as the guide * j
disc of the inferior pulley, it i. held between two slabs ,V screwed
on ' ' ■ .v. "
on the same shaft. These two slabs are used to give the rolling ft un¬
rolling the greatest exactness ft must therefore be turned in the interior
with precision. The outside one can be unscrewed so aB to take off the
rolled strip ft send it.
The strip must always be perfectly tight. I think that the shafts
of the two pulleys being sufficiently held in their pillow-bloeks/the
strain put upon them by the rolling up of the strip will not likely cause
them to turn unevenly. However, a ■ tendeur • could be placed above the
guide & can be m^de like the one used in Horse's telegraph. And then to
set the machine in motion erank m can be used by fixing it to the end of
the shaft of the pulley to be set in motion. The strip itself is used as
a transmission-strap. Moreover, this part of my apparatus being analogous
to that of Morse's telegraph I suppose that I have made myself unders-
tood* ‘ •• _/
X have already said
xnat
• — ” ~ - - www wo uuuiu do disposed on
the strip so as to use its length several times. In this case it is necest
eary that the bodkin should displace itself parallely to the guide so as '
to adjust it in each longitudinal groove of the strip, therefore, the
stand of the receiver is fixed to a small board placed on the table of th«
apparatus. This table is so 'made .that the two bolts which sustain the
small board can displaee themselves • in a parallel line to the guide in
front of which is the vibrating bodkin, as you will see in the vertioal
plane drawing.
It is useless telling you. Sir, that the crank is not to be seer
in the apparatus, * that it ism necessary to apply a mover to it. As any
silent mover will do, be it a clo.k work or electric one I leave out this
point of construction. I do not say anything either about the speaker as
it is similar to that ef Edison ft the new" double speaker" of which so
much good is said ean be used instead.
I have tried to apply wax on pasteboard strips but it eraeks on
account of the spiral grinding down, another material more convenient to
the purpose ought to be found ft that would be a great improvement as the
stip would no longer have to be grooved before hand .. that it weuld be
easier to manufacture ft therefore cheaper, i thought ef Edison's movable
cylinders, but probably the relling up will also make it unpratioal.
+v , 1 haV8 n0t h9reK th« requisites to make chemical experiments I !
therefore can only show y ou now ,th. strip covered with tin, leaving it to
you to see whether it .an be improved in the way above menti.nedt
As you see. Sir, the apparatus i. very .impl. in
li.es, wxth the help of Edi sen's inventions whi.h I have transformed .u
e results that you ebtain with your last apparatus ft has . wider si.p.
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in its appli cat ions.
I to might have taken patents, I might have had my apparatus
manufactured in Paris where I am urged to do so but I. have refrained from ’
a contest of improvements with ■ jl 'illu.tr. Edison - ft that is my reason
for taking this present step.
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As regards the complement, that'1 in+.n _
for the multiplioati o« o-p • y’ personal invention
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Do not think. Sir. that -iv, /
in view a mercantile object. I write T y°U thl8 lnforniation I have
* honesty believing that I can not ,, ° ^ W*th *h’ ®reatest sincerity
in the representative of Mr Edison *° ^ reP°Se “y °onfidenoe
, - — the ^
°* ^^PParatus will answer the purTo * ph0»*«**“*« -11 a reduction
don a strip of a sufficient length^ ***“' “ “W,“ry " *»— »■
speak for a sufficient. length of " r°lled UP to e«-le the doll to
™ t0 keep^the LuTto myse^ Wil1 ^ow
r had ~ -**. -out t i ;• r s^* r: — ^ y0U sald
r°U «** «« t. .d.pt ft I m “ , " *" ««. .hould
p"mt‘ «11 Ml. m.,to innST’' *° **” 11 ““"‘"■M «y- ■
But in . J lMar “«««n «p.b... lt.
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P »ed that I should sign. , ra° Whi°h th8t influential firm in Paris
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Banquet to Sir .Tno . Ponder, K. C. M . G. Ac.
tho 23d April. Tho Right Hon. The Earl of Derby will preside.
It vail no doubt bo undo tho occasion of gathering round the fes¬
tive Board tho very elite of ' tho scientific and electrical world
of London and an occasion of which wo nay as well have tho advan¬
tage and of which if wo do we will monopolize "tho Thunder," and
so lot us. I have suggested to P. that you would no doubt bo glad
to send your congratulations to him on that occasion Phonographi-
cally , for tho rendering of which I would lend him a Phonograph.
Ho was delighted, of oourso, as ho may well bo! So do! Surely
I will have a Phonograph by that time, and long before I hope; but.
"even so it will still be; a novelty, and the Banquet will bo widely
advertised you may depend, art equally widely will be heralded the
-“feature of the Evening" the Phonograms from Edison! I vail
remind you by cable of tho day about a week or ten days before
the Banquet, You might make the first of your congratulations, and
quite appropriately too, tho idea that ho is an ! example of that
worth and enterprise so indispensable in the fruitful application
of the products of the Laboratory,
Yours ever ,
( Signed )
G. E. C-.
G o ii r a a d , Norwood,
April 11, 8S.
Engage a ro
engine put
egress .
Instruments
om about twenty by twenty. Have a two horse power gas
in and a short work bench. Am shipping material by
Send shipping address in London. Everything most ready,
work to perfection.
G o u r a cl , Norwood.
April 12,88.
Will ship London office. Hurry workroom.
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EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON. 3rd May. 1888.
Thos. A.. Edison, Esq:
Paper cutting from "INVENTION*
I attach this. Kindiy advise me s£ as to the truth of
this statement - which J very much doubt. It is getting copied into -the
English papers, and will doubtless find it's way extensively into the
foreign periodicals as well. Perhaps you m^iy think the matter of
sufficient importance f6r you to, cable mo, in view of an equally wide
publication of a denial. Yours^
4 (LaA&L
May 11, 1888.
My Dear Edison:-
V/J-iat can be the delay: Three weeks
aGo you cabled "Hamilton will sail in few days." I can only
account for it on the ground that you have seen your aim towards
some Great improvement or economy in manufacture, so I possess my
soul m pationce as best I can, and every time the bell rings
say to myself there is the long expected cable "sailed." if it
does not come to-day, Saturday, I shall cable, asking some defi¬
nite date at which I may expect it at the latest, so that I can
make my arrangements accordingly, and if it is for any reason to
be long delayed I shall run over to see you and settle. as to the
Manufacturing Co., the papers of which I shall hope to receive
to-day. The patents for ease 84 are issued far Franco, Belgium
and Turkey. . I am sure you will not delay Hamilton a moment longer
than can be avoided. With kindest regards to Mrs. Edison.
Ever yours
( Signed )
G. E. G.
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ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., 16TH JUNE, 1888.
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JUN 27 J888
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EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH CO.
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LONDON 80th June 5888
A. EDISON, ESQ:
NEW-YOEK.
Dear Edison,
My first Phonogram to you is sent to-day per sample post!
and letter post. Please advise me i'ji what' condition' they are received, i
If you deem it advisable to publish my first phonogram, kindly sent me j
copies of the papers^ A written copy of the phonogram is enclosed. here-J
-with.
[ENCLOSURE]
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-FIRST P HONOUR AM PROM EUROPE TO AMERICA.
Colonel Gouraud"'to . Mr Edisort\ ishSMoU
Little Menlo, BenlahrHiill
Upper Norwood, England,
goth June i888
Dear Edison,
Ahem. I cabled you the due receipt of your first Phonogram.
It was an indescribable sensation to us all to hear perfectly disi
-tinctly the familiar tones of your voice here in England aooo
miles from where you had spoken, and ten days after.
It is not too much to say that this event marks a new era in
civilization. Everyone present who was familiar with your voice
recognized it perfectly.
The entire Pressaidsso chronicled this latest triumph of your
genius in appropriate terms.
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Everybody who sees or rather hears the Phonograph is of course
delighted and astounded.
I~;predict for the Phonograph a success beyond all precedent.
What a blessing it is to be able to say all this to you without
the trouble of writing, to say nothing or sparing you the trouble
of reading ray writing.
I congratulate you with all my heart.
My wife and children join cordially with me in kind regards to
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The annexed cutting is a cejjy of the letter by
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Mr Joseph Pulitzer to Mr John A. Cockerill, «N. y. World"
My dear Cockerill,
I have just enjoyed the most agreeable after-
-noon of my entire European journey, thanks to the courtesy and k
kindness of Colonel Gouraud.a representative Edison.
I believe that Edison is the greatest mind that we have
produced, at least in our generation; ail military and other
glories stand aside. I have just now enjoyed what I believe to
be a perfect demonstration of his phonograph, hearing the repro¬
duction of the human voice, not only in one font or phase but in
at least a dozen, from the most exact language of conversation to
a variety of musical instruments. I think the reporters of our
paper had better look out, especially the shorthand men. I think
the phonograph is apt to take the place of the latter, in some
respects.
Well, goodbye, I hope you will take good care of your-
-self .
This is the first day of September, about six o'clock
in the afternoon. T an, in Norwood, near London, its a part of
London. Let me knew how the presidential campaign is getting on.
Goodbye again. Joseph Pulitzer
Little Menlo,
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LITTLE MENLO, UPPER NORWOOD. S.E.
^Ist September 1388.
My dear Edisc
My friend Ray, has be.en Icind enough to be
the bearer to you of a box of Phonograms.
I shall be obliged if you will - as a slight return
for Mr Ray's kindness - see that he is afforded every
opportunity possible to interest himself - and any friond
he may bring with him - at your Laboratory.
Thanking you in advance for any courtesy you may show
to Mr Ray, and hoping that this may .find you and Mrs Edisn
much refreshed for the holiday which - I am glad to hear-
you are taking,
Belie1
Yours sineerc^y.^
E. T. EDISON, ESQ:
Orange.
New-Jersey. U.S.A.
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chips to dirty machine, fall3 as a fine powder into clo sed chamber,
not 1 ixe the box sent on the six. Mailing problems solved per¬
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yesterday). Treadle machines costs little more than motor machine'.
New three pint battery last twelve hours constantly turning off.
Articulation better and louder. Scratch less on new matte**®!- ma¬
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Tdll take hold of them on return; bad job, cheated and deceived me
most horribly. Expect first phonographs for shipment. 20th October
or thereabouts. Portugal .is the patent ym took out that kills
us. Very bad job. Last patent is most important, contains new
transmitter and receiver that work on cylinders that wabble and
cun out true 1/16 of inch. Knocks graphophone out in this inspect.
Taintor started factory Bridgeport. Make for U. S. Kid foreign;
second hand machinery. Taintor not practical man; don’t know how
make cheap. Wont be ready for three months; meantime you can flood
the country. Don’t be troubled in least about Edmunds blowing
about engraving. Look close at paragraph in my 2nd English patent.,
where I state, wax may be recorded on directly, but as point cloggs
up prefer cover with foil under condi tio.ns old phono that is true '
Gour tud
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used waxes too soft; grgphophone wax was only got hard enough to
prevent clogging by great amount experimenting;. Very hot. weather'
here caused it to evei clogg badly. Can furnish yoi transmitters
which will indent without cut t ing if you want; results just as
good
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UPPER NORWOOD. S.E.
20th October T888.
My dear Edison, .
Your autograph letter, marked private, of 1st inst:
is received, and I have read with very great interest all you
say about the marvellous improvements on the Phonograph, which
according to your letter, should be shipped to me to-day.
I shall await its arrival with intense interest.
I am having to-day the 4th of my "At Homes" which pro-
-mistfes to bo as great a success as any of its predecessors)
certainly as regards the distinction of my guests. I will
write you particulars by next mail.
That portion of your letter which refers to Gilliland,
and Tomlinson astonishes and grieves mo more than I can tell
you. It seems incredible that men who have enjoyed your coni
-fidence for so long could have done anything against you.
I can only hope that eventual explanations will tend to ro-
-movo many of the imputations, and that you will find that
you have not suffered as you appear to thin]: you have. The
whole thing is so inconceivable to me, that it is difficult
for me to believe it.
Your voice and Laboratory noises phonograms are getting
worn out, so please do not fail to send me something, however
short:, if only one phonogram a wook, and preferably with
short observations and introductions by yourself in connection
with Laboratory noises, as this is qiito the most fetching
thing in my entire cabinet.
I shall write you about something of groat interest
next week, but am pressed now for time, as the hour approaches
when my guests are expected.
pincerely.
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON, soth October, 1888.
Dear Mr
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please obtain and
LITTLE-MENLO.
My Dear Edison: -
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2Snd 0ctober«i888.
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I enclose you copy of a letter which I have addressed to The
Honorable Abraham Hewett. Mayor of New-York, which sufficiently explains Itself
without any further comment from me.
You will much oblige me by placing at Mr Hewett's disposal - w'lth
the least inconvenience to yourself - a Phonograph for the purpose indicated.
[ENCLOSURE]
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COPY LETTER.
20th October 1888.
Dear Mr Hewett,
I was sorry to miss seeing Mrs Hewett, and your daughter
as when I met you last in Mr Edison’s Laboratory X promised you to
give myself this pleasure, when they were here. They just left when
I asertained their address.
The object of this letter is to say to you that in the first
week in December there is to be a very special dinner given to the
Lord Mayor of London, on which occasion it is intended to send some
interesting Phonograms to America in the voices of people whose names
are well known there, and much appreciated. Amongst the messages that
will be sent on that occasion will be one - at my special request -
from the Lord Mayor of London, to the Mayor of New-York, and the
interest of the occasion in question would be greatly enhanced if I
could make part of the ceremonies of that evening greetings from the
Mayor of New-York to the Lord Mayor of London. To this end I have
written Mr Edison to see that a Phonograph is sent to you, at your
convenience, in the hope that you will so much oblige me, and my
friends, as to say something appropriate to the occasion in which
naturally a very wide interest would be taken,, as it would be the
first time that the greetings of any Mayor in New-York shall have
spoken to the Lord Mayor of London, with the Atlantic ocean intervening
between the object and the voices.
The Lord Mayor elect, is a first rate, fellow, and is probably
.as good a type as has occupied the chair. More than that, lids will
be the 700th Mayorality.
Trusting that you will so much oblige me as to comply with this
request, and congratulating you upon your re-election.
Believe me,
Dear Mr Hewett,
Yours sincerely.
ncereiy,
¥
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH CO.
181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
LONDON. a6th October I888»
My dear Ed ison,
I enclose herewith for your infonnation copies of letters I
have received from Mr Schanschieff, and Mr Wilkie Collins.
The former is the inventor of the Schanschieff battery, about vhich
X wrote you some considerable time ago, and we have lately been employ—
-ing the battery in connection with ■ the Phonograph, with very satisfac-
-tory results. The letter from Mr Schanschieff speaks for itself, and it
may be perhaps of interest to you.
Yours very truly.
G. E. G OUEAUD. - . ..
T. A. EDISON, ESQ:
Orange.
ITew+Jersey., . •/
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Messers, The Edison's Phonograph Company.
181 Queen Victoria Street,
London. E. 0.
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your letter & kind advice. I have written
to our Manager and no doubt he will give his best attention to your
orders & instructions.
I can make for you a single cell working IS hours. If the re¬
sistance of your motor -will be = R = 0. 17 ohm. The internal resis¬
tance of the cell being 8-0. 0.3*, so that the total resistance Z+
R = will be O.S ohms. The cell will give 6£Ampers for IS hours and
will be 3"+ 6r"+ IS height inside measure, it will take 78 ounces of
liquid and the aproximtive cost of work will be per four for 6i;
Ampires.
We have worked your motor with 5.S volts & 1.75 Amperes = 9,
Watts, The above cell will work 1.4 volts + 6 ± Amperes = 9.1 Watts.
Should you however find the other cell better or cheaper and will
prefer it to the Schanschieff 's it will be only a matter of business
and will on no account diminish my respect & simpathy to Colonel
Gouraud or admiration to the wonderful instrument, which in every
respect reminds me of the fair sex of which I am a great admirer.
It can talk so fluently and never keeps secrets.
Anything I can do for you here I will do it with the greatest
pleasure apjlart from any business with our houBe.
I am, ..Dear Sirs
Faithfully Yours,
A. SchanBchieff.
[ENCLOSURE]
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82 Wimpole Street.
Dondon W.
September, 1888.
Dear Sir,
landmark set up on the territory of Science.
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ana .hall probably ba far away »om tittle Menlo „e*t „e„th.
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Faithfully yours ,
( Wilkie Collins.
Colonel Gouraud.
LITTLE-MENLO.
The Phonograph's first appearance in the "role" of Toast-master
and Speech-maker.
At a dinner given by Colonel Gouraud at his residence Little-
Mcnlo, Beulah Mill, Upper Norwood, England, on the evening of
October fifth, 1883, his guests being Her Majesty's Postmaster
General, Mr Cecil Raikos, Sir Arthur Sullivan, ?v!r Edmund Yates,
!;:r A. M. Broadley; Mr J. C. Parkinson, The Emperor Augustus Harris,
"Drureolanus " and Acting Grand Chamberlain, Mr H. de C. Hamilton.'
The Phonograph standing upon a table behind the Host gave forth
aloud the following toasts and speeches with perfect distinctness ,
and -fidelity to nature xxx especially as regards the tones and
mannerisms ■of the professional British Toastmaster, as to so
paralyise the company that the electrical energy of a Schansohioff
primary battery had to be applied to the guests to restore their
mental and physical equilibrium. .
My Lords and Gentlemen, my I.ords and Gentlemen. Pray,
silence for our Host Colonel Gouraud.
. Ahem, ahem. My Lords and Gentlemen,
I confess to some embarrassment upon
this occasion, ahem, speaking as T do for the first time in public,
and in the presence of so distinguished a company. Ahem, I foel
greatly honoured by your presence here tonight. A .company
distinctly- representative in its character, Her Majesty"'s Post-
-master General, Mr Cecil Raikos is here to speak not only for
PoliV«Uain its.hiGhos'b sense, but for that great department over
whieh^so worthily presides, and to whose administrative ability wo
confidently lookfor the means of sending innocent phonograms ffSPJ1'
point to point' throughout the World without their being opened on
route or being otherwise tampered withbby over-inquisitivo offic-
-ials. there is in the association with the name of the Post--
-mastor General the name of Mr Edmund Yates, a peculiar fitness,
ho having served with distinction for no less than a quarter of a
century in the same important department of the public service.
Tn welcoming Mr Yates at Little Menlo, my English home, for the.
first tine, T fool that T an: meeting an old friend , for it was my.
pleasure and my honourto bo one of that vast army of Americans who
welcomed him in America now some twenty year.s ago. Nobody can
better answer than Mr Yatosfor literature and who bettor could
answer for music than that distinguished composer Sir Arthur
Sullivan, and to whom the Phonograpn^this earliest opportunity of
Expressing efts delight at the groat success achieved but a few
nights since by that distiinguishod composes^ latest production.
LITTLE-MENLO.
Little Menlo.
Phonogram, Gouraud to Edison. October nth, T 888 .
Dear Edison,
I propose to conclude a most interesting and agreeable
evening, ns far as T an: concerned, by introducing to you a few
friends who have honoured mo this evening by their presence hero.
Each of them lias expressed a desire to say a few words to you ,and
T as sure you will bo glau to hear their voices, as T an: glad to be
the medium of oommuni eating then: to you, need I say through your
marvellous Phonograph? : first the Right Honourable Cecil Raikeo,
Her Majesty's Postmaster General. Now listen to hr Ruikos'voioo.
'Vo thank you for a most interesting and delightful evening.
We feel that you are become the inventor of a new magic.
Horn. Wo regard this invention as destined to revolutionise the
moans of human communication, and wo wish you all success in
promoting a discovery which cannot failtto have the most beneficial
results for the whole conmunity of nations.
Cecil Raikes.Her Majesty's Postmaster
General.
I next have the pleasure of introducing to you a name that is
as familiar to you and all of our countrymen ns it is , T am happy
to say, to myself and my family, - hr Edmund Yates.
This is the record of a most marvellous dinner transmitted to
you by your moat marvellous invention. Tf T lack words to dos-
-cribe the dinner it is because Tam so onrapt and enchanted by
your invention 'that I find myself, much moro stupid than I ought to
be after the grand excitement of our friend's meats and wine .
Edmund Yates, --not Her Majesty's Postmaster General, but one
one who was a poor clerk under Her Majesty's Postmaster General
for five and twenty years.
We will now pass on to tho next Phonogram which will begin
with a record that T an. sure you will receive with infinite do-
-lightknowing your love for music. I need only say that the
record will bo the voice of the groat composer, Sir Arthur Sullivan
whoso music is as well known in America as it is in England and as
well laveddbirythouo who know it.
Centi riGrariioNooi . in :.:-n-.!:c '.ion of friends. 'l.'nv: ■> * sV.-n to the voice
•OG'otiratudr,t’6HEdiSoAiv;*(i*.-.-.o • on of :'r-i eu.s.
Continuation of introduction of friends. How listen to the voice
of Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Dear Mr Edison,
_ _ "■'/ f riendjEdmund Yatos^has boon a little
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incoherent, it is in consequence of the excellent dinner and good
wines that ho lias drunk, therefore I beg you will excuse hin .
He has his lucid intervals. For myself T can only say that X am
astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's
experiments: astonished at the wonderful power you have developed,
ana terrified at the thoughts that so much hidoousnand; bad music
may bo put on record for ever, but all the same I think it is the
most wonaorful thing that I have ever experienced and I congrar.ul-
-ate you with all my heart on this wonderful discovery.
Arthur Sullivan.
,My ^xt introduction is Hr Broadloy, a well known~English
baixister, whose name will always be remembered by his distin¬
guished del once of Araby Pasha. Mow listen to his voice
Dear Mr Edison,
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The Yocman of tho Guard, Mr J. 0. Parkinsons interest of many
years since and his identification with tho Atlantic cable make
a fit beginning to so appropriate and interesting .co-Jrgr-
we-feavo. gone, Ct/--, M.W' a* Ph
Gram Mo, 2.
T must apologise to Mr Parkinson for leaving him so long in
connection and will now release him from his embarrassment by
pEpi> n&4on to Mr Augustus Harris, more popularly known as A4/^is tus
Iiruroolanus . r confossthat I had supposed that Mr Augustus
Lrureolanus thought that there remained to him no more worlds to a
eonquer , but there can bo no doubt that in the launching of the
Arnada he has eclipsed all of his previous smost brilliant efforts.
Ho has my most sincere congratulations , but his triumph will not
bo completo unless the good ship Armada finally drops her anchor
in American waters. Passing from the Drama we find ourselves
where we always do in time, vis a vis with the Law. In our HxiisA
friend Mr Broadley we have a distinguished representative whose
achievements T have not forgotten in connection with that most
interesting event known i-> history as the defense of Araby Pasha.
T bog his Pasha's pardon, I should have said Araaby Pasha.
Ous congratulations to Mr Broadley would be incomplete if wo were
not to mention his more recent victory in the caso' of Tsmaol Pasha
wh i ch T hope has bp en as satisfactory to his pocket as T hear it
has boon to his Mieni/$. . Mr Broadley has added to my personal
obligations to him in consenting to act tonight as toast-master,
in which role ho has again for the third time distinguished himself
to say nothing of the distinction he has thus conferred upon tho
Phonograph in giving to it an entirely original andumost useful
role amongst its' many.
My Lords and Gentlemen, pray silence for Her Majesty’s Post-
-master General, Cecil Raikes Esquire, member of Parliament.
Charge your glasses, gentlemen, bumpers if you please. Ha ha ha ah
ha ha ,a a Hip hip Hurrah 'hip hip hip hurrah Postmaster general,
Postmaster General. your health Mr Raikes, your very good health
LITTLE- MENLO.
Gram No, 3.
My Lords and Gentlemen, being mysell' a complete failure as an
of tor-dinner speaker, I, better than anyone odlse can appreciate
the treat which. you are about to enjoy in listening to the elo-
-quence of one of Englonds most famous after-dinner speakers, Mr
Edmund Yates, upon whom the Phonograph now calls to speak in rospoa
response to the toast to literature which I novf ask you to drink.
Gentlemen, the toast is Literature coupled with the name of Mr
Edmund Yates. Charge your glasses gentlemen. Bumpers if you
please. Mr yatos, Mr Edmund Yates, Yates your very good health.
(Cheers) Hip hip hip hurrah, hip hip hip hurrah, hip hip hip hurrah
One cheer more, one cheer more, hip hip hip hurrah.
Gentlemen T call upon our host who will now submit another
toast to your consideration.
Gentlemen, the next toast is Music ''-and with what name could
be more appropriately couplodthat toast than with the name of Sir
Arthur Sulliyt^. As, a lover of music myself and with a room
dedicated tc r the nratre^Y^may' be permitted to say , and on this
occasion it- is my peculiar happiness to say , that at Little Menlo
where we hear much music there is no music we hoar so often or
with more pleasure than that which conies from him. Gentlemen
charge your' glasses if you please. The toast is Music, coupled with
the name of Sir Arthur Sullivan, Doctor of Law. ' Sir Arthur
Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Your very good health ,your hoalthSf
Sir Arthur, Sullivan your health.
Gram No4.
Pray silence for our Host who will submit to you another toast.
As V/ritor , financier, i’roe-mason and Author ,to say nothing
of being bon camarado, Mr Parkinson is so well known to all of us
and so old a friend to many of usthat the mere mention of his name
is sure to secure for him tho interest and attention which ho
always commands, oven when addressing an assembly of bards in that
beautiful and frost* ct language , tho Welsh. The Phonograph salutes
you, Mr Parkinson, in the sacred name of the bard of Amoaw.
Mr Parkinson your very good health. Geo Parkinson, Goo Parkinson,
your very good health. Hip hip Hurrah, hip hip hip hurrah, one cher
cheer more. Hip hip hip hurrah. ’
Silence Gentlemen if you please, silence for our Host colonel
Gouraud.
Gentlemen, in coming to our last toast, while it is the last
it must not be considered as the least. Our interest in the
subject of this toast , Mr Augustus Drureolanus , is only to be
measured by the proportions of that noble structure from which ho
takes his title. Long life and success to the Emperor Drureolanus
upon whom I call to answer for tho drama, of which he is so
distinguished a chieftain. Gentlemen, tho toast is the Drama,
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coupled with the health oi' Ur Augustus Harris. Bumpers if you
ploaso. Hip hip hip hurrah, fer Harris your very good health'.
Your good health. Hurrah, your very good health. Long life to
Druroolanus. "Clapping" and "cheers". " .
Gram No 5.
Gentlemen, it is the proud privilege of tho Toastmaster to bring
these festivities to a conclusion by proposing a toast which T am
perfectly sure will bo drunk with tho greatest enthusiasm by
everyone who is present this evening. Tt is tho health of' our
, Host, Colonel Gouraud. It has been my privilege during the past
throe or four years to see a certain number of celebrities at homo
and T think you will agree with me that there are very few of. thes'
celebrities who- can claim surroundings as- interesting as those wi:
which we see at Little Henlo. We hav&. today assisted at an
entertainment which is unique and you ffive heard the wonderful
operations ol the instrument which migh%with great advantage be
employed in some /&&* public meeting*.. Vf tho day ever does come
when a certain number of speeches can be superseded by the action
of tho Phonograph X think that Colonel Gouraud and Mr Edison will
have put the public at, large very considerably in their debt.
As it is it now only remains for mo to ask you to show by tho mu.nni
manner ii? which you receive this toast your appreciation of the
kindly welcome which has been accorded to all of you in the English
home of American Science, in a home which by the beauty of its
scenery recalls to Mr Edison and to Colonel Gouraud some of tho
Picturesque features which surround tho locality in America where
2! WM P°rl'ected- Gentlemen fill your glasses
foi the last time I say bumpers if you ploaso, for tho last time
T call on you through tho Phonograph to drink the health of its
uhl8 our kind and Host Colonel George
Gouraud. Hurrah, hurrah Hip hip hurrah, long life to the
phonograph, long life ,, f
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uttle-m’enlo.
Copy of phonogram from Sir Richard Webster to Mr Edison, Introduced
by Colonel Gouraud.
"Gouraud to Edison, November 1st 1888.
Little Menlo, 6 o'clock, P. M.
My dear Edison,
I have sent you many phonograms from friends and
irom distinguished persons in England. This phonogram will
probably interest you more than any T liave sent you, when you
know whose voice it is that will follow mine. You havo never
heard his voice as T have in all. the litigations that has attended
all your numerous inventions in this country; but you have seen
and realized the fruits of hieioelpquenoe. No further words of
mine are necessary when I say that the speaker is Sir Richard
Webster, Hor Majesty's Attorney General. Now listen to his voice.
"Dear Mr Edison
If you will allow me to address you in so
familiar a way never having been personally introduced to you.
It has been tho greatest pleasure to me to advocate the merits
of your inventions for many years past in England. One of tho
pleasantest recollections of my professional career was tho
argument in support of your Telephone Tr'eJnsmitter many years ago
before Sir George Jessel, and I well remember many conversations
with him afterwards when he expres. ed his intense admiration of the
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(JP,
extraordinary grasp you soon; to have of ovory detail in connection
with that rua rvollour instrument. Since then, as you knot', T have
had the pleasure on many occasions of supporting your claims for
inventions in connection with the Telephone and Electric Light, and
T hope it will not bo long before T shall have an opportunity of
restoring to you one of the laurels which has been temporally
plucked from your crown. I cannot close my vory short letter to
you without tolling you how much T appreciated many years ago
receiving a most hearty invitation from you, an d T hope that some
day or other T may find time to cross the Atlantic, and shall not
forgot that your most pleasant representative Mr Johnson then told
mo that you would expect mo to spend almost as much time with you
as T had intended for my entire visit to the United States.
Gram 2.
T did not expect my first letter to you would extend to a second
sheet, but I think you could blame Colonel Gouraud for that.
T was saying, when I had to change the paper, that since then I
have had the groat pleasure of visiting Little Menlo, and although
T do nio suppose that the attractions of Little Menlo can compare
c/ix-'iA’
with those of Menlo, yet still T can assure you that it is no
unworthy representation to those of us who have not the privilege
of seeing the Author of these inventions in his own home.
Now, Mr Edison, goodbye. T hope someday that you will come to
England ,and at any rate T am sure that if you can do so tho real
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scientific men of this country will show you that
whose marvellous efforts and wonderful success in
for Himself every stop of the most difficult and
of Invention is n.oro fully appreciated than those
Edison.
; travelling out
intricate paths
of Thomas Alva
sj. 4
Richard G Webster .Attorney General.
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To which I must add that the Attorney General is the promised
God-father-in-law of the Phonograph, he having kindly consented
look after the Phonograph , as he did and has after the Telephoi
and the Electric Eight, and T have no doubt with equal success,
which is all that you and I shall want.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH CO.
y\ .181 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
EXPBE8fi services - civil & miliary.
confirm my letter of eth Oolober rjltii reference to the_Mo(inted'’btibno
'.VlSyTYfc Sqn $.
King Street,
€©¥1!M!T (SAEl&gp,,
(ONLY ADDRESS)
London, , ... Nov , ... 6 th,. tbbb. - $
In a former letter T wrote you, T mentioned about
how Colonel Gouraud was pushing your phonograph in my opinion, more
for his own private ends socially and otherwise, than anything else.
I now write to ask you whether this phonograph business is abgo^
.iLieiLin -ol one 1 Gouraud’ s hands: my reason for asking this is, that
T want to know whether^ can do something in it for you.
T again send you a list of the Directors of our Company,' all
well known men, and in one way and another, -I have got in with several
others of the most important financial men in the City at the present
time, .and feel sure that T could have got together a most powerful
Company for working the Phonograph. The Graphophone is over. here in
London and my idea would have been to have got the two under one con¬
trol in a big Company, to prevent competition ancl trouble, t dont
think speaking quite confidentially, that some of Colonel Gouraud’s
antecedents concerning the Telephone Co. etc. are favourable to his
forming a powerful City Company, although his connection with the ‘
Phonograph may got him into good, social circles.
T should therefore be much obliged if you would 2«t me know
Qrr?)
m
has the solo and entire control
ot this invention. Of course canno t^do^ anything^ wi t h him whatever
and must also ask you not to let him know anything of this my private
communication to you.
Electrical work is going on briskly here now, and everybody will
be anxious to see you in Europe next year, for the Paris Exhibition.
Trusting you are very well, believe no,
Yours very faithfully,
Orar^e, N.JJ>
My dear sir:
In compliance with your request, I called yostorday
at 160 Broadway, but the gentleman in charge was so much occupied
that ho could not give me any attention. I am go busy j^self
that I can not go there a second time, and therefore 1 am afraid'
that Colonel Gouraud's request will have to bo slighted, although
X have no wish to refuse any request which '.either he or you nay -
mak e of me,1
Yours sincerely,
160 Broadway, New York,
November 15, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J-,
Dear Mr, Edison,
Your favor of the 14th was received this morning,
enclosing the letter from Mayor Hewitt, Which I hereby return.
To say that I am chagrined over this matter, will but feebly
express my real feelings. X find upon investigation, that the
blame rests upon a young man to whom Mayor Hewitt spoke when he
came in, but did not give his name'.
He inquired who had charge of the office.. The young man
replied "Mr. Evans. He is engaged just now, but will be through
in a moment.." Mr. Hewitt did not sit down, stood by the table
for perhaps a minute, then turned on his heel, saying, "I will be
back again."
Inmediately upon receipt of your lette'r I wired,asking if i
should make an appointment to send Miller wjith the Phonograph to
his office. I have since thought, that if you have not in the
mean-time made any arrangements , it would be better to send the
Phonograph to his house, where he and his family could enjoy it,
and he would have more time to give to it, than during the busy'
hours of the day.
I trust I have impressed upon you the fact that there is no
reasonable request you can make of me, that I will not comply with,
and that the fault in this instance is not chargeable to me.
It is one of those things that is liable to happen at any
t ime>.
Very truly yours.
160 Broadway, New York,
November 16, 1888.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
Your telegram received. We have made an ap¬
pointment with Mayor Hewitt, and will send Miller to his office
with the Phonograph tomorrow'.
Very truly yours.
The Direct United States Cable Company (Limited.)
] Head Offioe, Winchester Hodse, 60 Old Broad St.,
I London, England.
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PHONAU TO GRAPHS
Gouraud to Edison.
Queen Ann's lodge •
November the 22nd, 1888.
As this is the first occasion on which the
Phonograph has appeared and performed in a private house in the/.great
city of London, it would seem meet and right that our host, Mr Knowles,
and our hostess and their daughters, together with the guests, should
mark the event by letting you hear, in their own voices, their own j
particular names. Now listen to their voices and to their names,
beginning with Mr Knowles, the well known Editor of the "Nineteenth
Century". •
I have >been quite misunderstood by the company, each of whom
thought that he (ha) and she (ha) would escape with the brevity of
their phonautographs; but I propose that, in so far as they may be
pleased to do so, each one shall precede his phonautograph by saying
anything to you which the spirit/moves him to say.
.The .spirit ..first moves Mr Knowles. ;
By Mr Khowles. •
Dear Mr Bdison, i 33 . ,, |
It is not my/. spirit but Colonel Gouraud^
which moves me to say anything to you; and all I have to say in, in i
the name of my wife and myself, to thank him and you for the most
interesting
You have turned one of the comers of the Nineteenth Century, and one i
of the comers of the world. I speak in behalfiof my wife as well as' j
of myself, according to our English cUstim; ' and I will now ask, as j:
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Gram I. (continued)
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PHOMAUTOGRAPHS
Oolonex Gour.ud Kindly do.iroa, ,m guest. of tM, ^ Jm
" their own nan.s, on. 6J t only t)i>t ^
meet face to face.
James Knowles, Editor of. the "Nineteenth Century".
My daughters as* t, ap.a* to you f.r th„ aI,„ „4 to the* you
with equal cordiality.
Gram 2.
Mr Knowlen.
X beg now to introduce to you the Earl of Aberdeen.
By the Earl of Aberdeen.
Sir,
AC0ept th? a^uranoe of my hearty thanks and
cordial adoration. a, Phonograph .hall flourish rust coslus,.
Jours faithfully
Aberdeen.
Mr Knowles.
I will now introduce to you the Earl of Meath.
By the Earl of Mgath.
, Thi“ 6v?ning 1,111 ever cherished by me as one
- >**>• .. h.„. » Kno:le.
T IsHh 71T’M voi”3 •* *h0" *M « *«
» r h TJ? :M’hiV *he Eneli,h- *— -
uttorll ” “’“"‘"'I «U >. th. voi... which ar,
uttered this evening.
Yours very sincerely.
Moathp
& ■
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Mr Know! »<, . PHONAUTOGRAPHS
I now beg to introduce to you Lord Rowton.
By Colonel Gouraud.
0, «.« VOl°* - -» «. ^ .
By Lord Rnwt.nx.
Dear Sir,
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Tam your a very faithfully,
„ Rowton.
Mr Knowlan.
■« . ^T“: ,ota PoM,r-
o' 1W ■MUM invention. ‘ * ” P”""t“e “*•“ «* •*««
By. Sir John •Pn»i —
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Gram S. J
Mr Knowlan. |
Dear Mr Edison, . j
British Crown, I aend you ^ Indlan Adminlst*-ation of the if
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PHONAUTOGRAPHS
one of the great wonders of our age. In India we see many marvels;
but during a quarter of a century I have never seen, either in India or
m Europe, so great a marvel as we have seen and heard to-night.
Yours sincerely,
William Wilson Hunter.
Mr Knowles. (
I now introduce to you, dear Mr Edison, Sir Morell MacKenzie.
By Sir Morell Mackenzie. ,
I have already offered you my personal congratulations.
I only wish to add now that I look forward to the time when I will pay
you a visit at Orange, and see you engaged in your wonderful works.
Morell Mackenzie.
Mr Knowles.
I lastly introduce to you Mr Boland Protheroe, the Fellow of All Souls
and well-known historian; who however forbids me to say more about
himself.
By Mr Boland Protheroe.
As the youngest and only obscure person in this
room, I beg to salute you, Mr Edison. It is with consumnate pleasure
that the unknown salutes the famous..
Yours truly,
Boland Protheroe.
Mr Knowles has asked me to conclude this phonogram with three cheers
for Edison, and for th* 3rlmoS*r>interefltingpand astonishing experience
with which we have been favoured this evening by the performance of
his marvellous instrument.
By the_Company.
Hip Hip Hurrah I Hip Hip hurrah! Hip Hip hurrah! (hand-olapping)
CtLP r S-fot-t C .
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, PHONAUTOGRAPHS
Do'ndon. I8th December, 1888.
To Edison from Colonel Gouraud, introducing Mr Gladstone.
The Phonograph's Salutation.
The "latest-born* of science ,and of American genius, bends its
knee of steel and bows its neck of iron, in reverential homage before
the veteran Statesman of England. Mr Gladstone, the Phonograph
salutes you, and through the medium of the Phonograph,' Mr Edison greets
you. .Now, Edison, listen to a vpiop that has electrified its
generation,- the voice of William Ewart Gladstone.
By Mr Gladstone. -
Dear Mr Edison,
I am profoundly indebted to you' for, not the
entertainment only, but the instruction and the marvels of one of the
mogt remarkable evenings which it has been my privilege to enjoy.
The request that you have done me the honour to make, -to
.receive the-record of my voice-, is one that I cheerfully comply with . _
so far as lies in my power; though I, lament to say that the voice which
I transmit to you is only the relic, of an organ, the employment of
which has been overstrained. Yet I offer to you as much as I possess,
and so much as old age has left me, with the utmost satisfaction, u .;
as being, at least, a testimony to the instruction and delight that X
have received fi-om your marvellous invention. As to the future
consequences it is impossible to anticipate them. . All I see is. that
wonders upon wonders are opening before us. Your great country is
leading the way in the important work of invention. Heartily do we wish
it well; aiTd-to you, as one of its greatest, celebrities, allow' me to
offer my hearty good wishes and earnest prayers that you may long live
to witness its triumphs in all that appertains to the well-being of
mankind. 8P0KEN INTO EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH ’
WRITTEH FROM THE PnONOGHAPH'S DICTATION >
BY .
of Middlesex Esquire Hereby give Notice of my intention to oppose the are
of Letters Patent upon application No 1717E of 1887, applied for by Georg
Edward Gouraud upon the ground that the invention sought to be claimed th.
has been pateirted in this country upon applications of prior date, viz: tl
patent of Thomas Alva Edison No 2909 of i877 for 'controlling by sound thi
transmission of electric currents and the reproduction of nnrrocnnnrti „„
transmission of electric currents and the reproduction of corresponding sounds
at a . distance .F The patents of James Yate Johnson Nos respectively 6027, £6042
and 6047 of 1886 for 'Improvements in and apparatus for recording and reproduc¬
ing speech and other sounds", 'Improvements in and apparatus for reproducing
sound from phonographic records", and “Improvements in and means and apparatus
for the reproduction of speech and other sounds by means of records" respective-
ly; The patent of Emile Berliner No 1E232 of 1887 for 'Improved method of and
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH CO.,
181, Queer\ Vidtoi‘ik $ti‘eet, ij.d.
LONDON.
2ist Deoember, 1888.
Dear Mr Tate:-
pleaaure In forwarding herewith
lJ-^VST-5 $/i-t
London 22nd December 1888.
A. 0. Tate Esq. ,
Dear Sir- >
Am I correct in believing that you definitely arranged
with Colonel Gouraiid that I was to receivel$ 100 per month salary
and all my expenses?.
By kindly defining this as-succintly as possible, by return
mail, adding anything else you may know of what the exact understand¬
ing with the Colonel was with regard to payment , you will greatly
oblige
Yours very truly,
P. S. Address 88, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London.
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By The Right Honble
The Lord Mayor of London.
Mr Edison,
It affords me great pleasure on the eve of
Christmas to express to you, through; the medium of your marvellous
invention, my hearty good wishes, for. a bright and prosperous New' Year
for your family and yourself. May I hope that it may be devoted to
further advancement in those wonderful scientific discoveries and
investigations for which already you, have made mankind your debtor.
To these good wishes for yourself may I add an equally hearty expression
of cordial good-will for your great Nation, and for the distinguished
president who is at the head of affairs, that we in the Mother- country,
and you in America, joined as we are, by ties of blood and bonds of deep
affection, may always have the friendliest and kindest dealings the one
to the other is I am certain the common hope of us all.
There- is one personal matter to which I would like .to allude, -
I mean the approaching retirement of, Mr Phelps, the American Minister.
Mr Phelps has during his stay amongst us made himself so thoroughly
popular and is so universally liked Ithat we look upon him as a friend,
and in. losing him we shall miss one who has dona much to cement the
bonds of unity between the United States and England. Both Hia
Excellency and his genial wife will leave behind them ,in this country
troops of friends .
Colonel Gouraud, whom I have met on various occasions, and
who is with me now, has shown me at all times great courtesy and
consideration. He is very popular in England and has the faculty nf
ingratiating -himself wherever. he gbes j»„ , <(„, ' • -h-.-id . Chief
These imperfect words ctone. from James Whitehead, Chief
Magistrate, -that is Lord Mayor of the City of London, and he only
desires
LITTLE-M EH LO
The Lord Mayor. ( continued) PHON AUTOGRAPHS
to add that he hopes you will have a very happy and prosperous New Year
and that you will have a long life , arid "that' you may derive'from it '
all that you deserve from the great merits of your inventions.
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LONDON.
Colonel Gouraud presents his compliments to .
and, in reply to his letter, begs to say that in consequence of the flood
of applications which daily pour in, requesting the loan of Phonographs,
either for Exhibition or Lecture purposes, and the difficulty he ex¬
periences in meeting such requests as he would desire, in consequence
of the limited number of Phonographs at present available, and the little
time at his own disposal ; in order to provide for a thoroughly
efficient exhibition and demonstration of the Phonograph, .its principles,
and applications, he has engaged the services of a competent Lecturer
and Exhibitor, who will be accompanied by assistants in charge of
Phonograph and Lantern, with complete illustrations, both scientific and
popular, of the Instrument.
To meet the expenses connected with such an arrangement it
will be necessary for those who wish to have a Lecture or Exhibition
of the Phonograph, to name the sum they are willing to guarantee
in order to meet the Lecturer’s fee, exclusive of travelling expenses, and
transport of apparatus. It is Colonel Gouraud’s desire that the remainder
of the net proceeds, after this deduction, should be devoted to some charity
to be mutually agreed upon.
Kindly indicate in your reply the sum guaranteed for Lecturer,
exclusive of other expenses, and the date or dates on which the Phono¬
graph is wanted.
P.S.— An Exhibition was recently held where upwards of 2000 people were unable to
gain admittance, at an Entrance Fee of 2/6, and on the following day 10s. each was paid
by as many as could be accommodated.
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
181, Queen Victoria St.,
London, 15.
Referring to your recent favour applying for the agency of the
Phonograph, we enclose for your examination, form of proposed agreement.
Quite a number of similar applications have been received from others
in your country; and, other considerations being equal, the choice will
naturally fall upon the applicant who, as Agent, would lodge with us the
largest initial order for Phonographs, indicating, as this will, the extent of
the Agent’s commercial connection and his resources for carrying on the
business, as well as showing the measure of confidence with which he
would embark in it. .Whatever order you may suggest will not be binding
upon you until you are aware of the price of the instrument, which will be
communicated to the applicant to whom the agency is finally awarded; but
we may mention, in this connection, that the prices will bo so fixed as to
leave a large profit to the Agent.
You mil kindly regard this communication as confidential, and return
it, with information upon the following points, if yon desire to pursue the
matter :
fa) The extent of the territory over which you would like the
control of the Phonograph.
fb) The number of Phonographs you would want, us to supply ns
your first order. •
(c) The number of Phonographs you will carry in stock (prices
being satisfactory) for filling current orders.
(d) The addresses of those to whom you wish to refer us, including,
if possible, a. London reference.
Faithfully yours,
1888. Telegraph - General (D-88-52)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
technical and commercial development of the telegraph. Some of the
documents deal with the business of the Consolidated Railway Telegraph Co.
and the Consolidated International Railway Telegraph Co. Other items pertain
to the role of the Nicholson quadruplex patents in competition between
Western Union and the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: meeting
announcements for the boards of trustees of the Consolidated Railway
Telegraph Co. and the Consolidated International Railway Telegraph Co.;
duplicate copies of selected documents.
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GENERAL REPORT OF
Trustees of Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company.
EUGENE CROWELL, Vick-Prksidhnt.
OWNING ALL THE
Foreign Patents upon TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
Thos. A. Edison, Ezra T, Gilliland, and Lucius J. p'hel'ps.
GENERAL OFFICES, No. 13 PARK ROW.
©/few . Jan. . 19th 1 888. . . -/cPeP
Dear Sir:-
At the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Consol
idated International Railway telegraph Co. ^eld at the office of
the Co. 13 Park Row, N, Y. Jan. 18th 1888, you were unanimously
elected a Trustee of said Company for the ensuing year.' The
first meeting of the new Board of Trustees for the purpose of
electing officers and transacting such other business as may come
before the Board, will be held at the office of the Company, 13
park Row, on Monday Jan. 23rd 1888, at 4 P.M. You are re-
spect fully requested to be present.
Enclosed with this please find list of the members of the new
Board.
Yours truly,
Sec ret a ry . -
Cons. International Railway- Tel. Co;
[ENCLOSURE]
EUGENE CROWELL, Vi
lV Foreign Patents upon TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
Foreign Patents upon TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
Thos. a. Edison, Ezra T. Gilliland, and Lucius j. Phelps.
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GENERAL OFFICES, No. 13 PARK ROW.
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Taut or Trustees of Cons. . International Railway Tel. Oo.
. Elecfcod at Meeting of Stockholders held Wednesday January 18th
,.iaa8 at If GO o'clock P.I.I. at 13‘ Park' Row.
Thos. A. Edison,
: . . 'Essra' i? j ’ ouiiland,
J.O. Tomlinson,
T.. J. ' Phelps,
■ " C. Van Brunt,
fl.D. ' Hall, ■
P.W.- Toppan, ...
Eiiyeno Orovrell, • - .
John D. Chaovor,
OKA* ir. nankins.
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[ENCLOSURE]
SlUIBSCllIDPWMBJ FUDIK TOEAiSOTY STO(GI&
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CONDITIONS:
February, . 1 88
To the COMMITTEE FOR SALE OF TREASURY STOCK,
CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
P. O. Box 3592, New York, N. Y.
Subject to the above conditions, to -which I hereby agree,
I.. . .
°f . - do hereby make application to
purchase at . dollars per share, . shares
(or any part thereof) of the stock, of the Consolidated (Railway
Telegraph Co., and hereby agree to make payments for same, as
required, by Condition 4th, as above set forth.
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oO'- General Offices, 115 Broad wav. V
General Offices, 115 Broadway.
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To the Stockholders of the Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company:
Whereas a misunderstanding has arisen as to the meaning and terms of the
last circulars sent you relating to the sale of Treasury Stock, and the Committee
having rejected all bids, the Board of Trustees at a special meeting to-day adopted
the following resolution, viz.:
Resolved, That the Vice-President and Felix Gottschalk, Trustee, be, and they hereby are, appointed a
special committee, and are instructed to immediately offer for sale to die stockholders of record of the Consoli¬
dated Railway Telegraph Company, in proportion to their present holdings of stock in the Company, five hundred
shares of its treasury stock at ten dollars per share.
The said offer to remain open for acceptance until noon of February 29th, 1888. All subscriptions must be •
paid for in current funds as soon as die bids have been awarded and die Treasurer lias notified the different parties
of the acceptance of their bids.
Offers for specified numbers of shares in excess of the numbers to which subscribers are respectively entitled
may be made, and should any portion of the live hundred shares offered not be taken, then the number of shares
remaining shall be divided among those who may signify their desire for a greater number of shares than they are
entitled to, in proportion to their holdings.
Ct-i as. E. Crowell,
Vice-President C. R. T. C.,
No. 1 15 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Address:
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finances
directiqn GENERALE
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My Dear Sir:-
I liave recourse to your kindness to soak some par¬
ticulars which are necessary to me before undertaking the con-
Telcgr aphic
struct ioni of a^iotj work in a part of Central America. What are
the houses to which I can address myself in the maritime provinces
of the United States to buy the following articles :-
Metallic pots in iron or steel. , silica bronze wire, insu¬
lators, Morse instruments ard the necessaries for setting up
stations, wooden boxes ftc., fee. I should be exceedingly thank¬
ful to ycu if yen will give me the addresses of the houses to
which you would roconmaid me and will write directly to procure
price lists, catalogues &c.
, P. Bayol,
French Gov. Tel. Engineer, and
Member of the Society of Telegraph
Engineers .
£4 4
Ministor of Finance 0 o p y.
General Direction of
Post's and Telegraphs,
Material & Constmction
!3d Bureau &a ,
French Republic, Paris, May 17, 1888.
Mr, Director, -
Mr. Fdison has recently presented to the
French Administration of Posts and Telegraphs a new model of
electric cable, of which the conductors are covered with a wrap¬
ping of cotton, impregnated with an insulating substance anl which
are protected by a sleeve of lead. According to the information
which he has furnished, a certain length of cable of this nodel
has been put into service as an experiment on the Telegraph or
Telephone lines of the Western Ujjion Company,
I would to very much obliged, Mr. Director, if you would in¬
form mo of the importance of the experiments undertaken by the
Western Union Company, and if any, what results, they have given.
Please receive, Mr. Director, the assurance of my high con¬
sideration.
For the Councillor of State,
GENERAL director of the posts and telegraphs.
The Director.
To The Direction of the
W e st or n Unio n Co., New Yo rk .
Tel
THOMAS A. EDISON,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
19 Dey Street,
New York.
Esq. ,
The Eilison laboratory,
Orange , N. J .
My Dear Tate:-
Enolosed please find an assignment. of^tfi^Railway^
egraph patent. Yon will remember that I spoke to you about t
some time ago. Mr. Edison paid the patent fees and the money
should be refunded to him.
Yours truly,
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1888. Telegraph - Phonoplex (D-88-53)
. ^his foIder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the Edison Phonoplex System of Telegraphy. Most of the documents relate to
the installation of phonoplex circuits on various American and Canadian
railroads. Some of the items deal with the problem of finding suitable
batteries, condensers, and other components. Other letters concern the
smtabihty of the phonoplex for Europe. Much of the correspondence is by
W.S. Logue, field agent for the phonoplex system. Most of Logue’s letters are
addressed to Edison’s secretary, Alfred O. Tate. Tate served as the company’s
electrician and oversaw its daily business operations. Edison himself was only
tangentially involved in phonoplex operations, and very few letters to or from
him can be found in this folder.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The case
study approach begun in 1887 continues for the Pennsylvania Railroad-
substantive items relating to the operation of the phonoplex on that railroad
have been selected. The case study of the Chicago and Grand Trunk has been
discontinued, as the character of the documents becomes routine following the
installation of the system in 1887. The following categories of documents have
also been filmed: documents indicating Edison’s own involvement with the
phonoplex; items relating to foreign phonoplex operations; and one letter from
Charles Selden of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Co. regarding a special
discount for his company’s use of the phonoplex.
The following categories of documents have not been filmed: most
documents dealing with phonoplex operations on other railroads;
correspondence regarding problems with phonoplex instruments supplied by
ergmann and Co.; letters concerning the manufacture of sample equipment
by the Edison Electric Light System of Canada in order to protect Edison’s
Canadian patent rights; routine inquiries from railroad companies; Logue’s
accounts and personal correspondence.
Related material can be found in D-88-01 (Battery) and
D-88-02 (Bergmann & Company).
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT LEWISTO*
. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT LEWIS
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TELEGRAPHY,
40 & 42 Wall Street,
New YorB'pn....Xa.tii...lS8S .
Mr W. F. Taylor. i
Div Opr P. R. r.
Altoona Pa. ;'i
Dear sir. • ;
The two sets of instruments fo Fa Ud Oi offices
have been ordered sent to you by Adams Expresi. we did not order
b*“",b ““ “« oth[ir prlfoprinc to
to hear from you in regard to the Coquimbite baitory "hioh we
hope is Bivino you good satisfaction. Mr Edison ,bay have his
battery ready in time to put in these offices., A\ any rate we
propose to give you the best battery we can procure.
I hope to leave for Altoona sometime next week to equip pa
$ Oi . il.. . .
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likely that I can leave early enough to use this pass can you
oblige me with one , if so please send it to me here ,
Yours very truly :
EDISON PHONOPLEX SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPHY,
40 & 42 Wall Street,
New York,.iIan....1.;4t.h . L.
Dear Sir,
Referring to the Coquimbite battery that we put up
at Altoona Mr Quimby says the price is 2.50 per cell. He made
the price to us 1,70 per cell. He also says that he sells the
coquimbite at 7 cents per pound but will not sell the P, R, R.
any of it less than the price xjcx you propose charging them
for it , If the battery now up at Altoona works satisfactory
they will keep it,, .if not for the Phone they will prpbably use
it in other ways,' My object in writing this is to got you to
name a price so in case the Railroad people buy direct from
Quirnby the prices charged will not conflict. Division Operator
Taylor asked me the price of the Coquimbite I told him that
I could not tell him as I neglected to ascertain. When I return
to equip the new Phone Offices I will be asked the same questin
and if I giye the same answer it might look fishy.
Yours very truly
EDISON PHONOPLEX SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPHY,
40 & 42 Wall Street,
Dear sir.
If not troubling you too much will you please advise
us how the now battery is working, and also how the morse relay
on No H is doing. Does this relay improve the working of the
wire any compared with the old relay, What I want to know is ffttiflBP
whether the iron casing we put on the helix is doing the work
we hoped it would;
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
ALTOONA DIVISION
Altoona , Pa .
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W. S. LOGUE.
TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT.
Patented Jan. 31, 1888.
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WILLIAM S. LOGUE, OP BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
TELEGRAPH -INSTRUMENT.
SPBCXPIOATION formine Part of Letter,, Patent No. -377,110, dated January 31,18sa.
To all whom it may concern:
_ Bo it known tlmt I, William S. Lociue, of
Bn timoro, in the State of Maryland, lmvo in-
. ,-SJh °„l *'0"i a',tl wsoful Improvements in Teleg-
5 “nfl J hereby declare tlmt tlio fol-
lowing is a full, clear, and exact description
f ‘“f °f> 1:0fer0"]c? being had to the accompany.
flcnUon" big, which forms a part of this spool-,
10 Tills invention -volutes to cortuiu now and
useful improvements in multiple telegraphs for
sists ill the novel means employed bv me for
15 2 purpose, as more fully hereinafter de¬
scribed and churned, and shown in the accoin-
• ' panying drawing, in which the invention is
relay1'1’1"1 “ scolionnl l’lan of the neutral
2° It is well- known to practical telegraphers
“ the "SO of the quadruples: or other
multiple telegraphs falso signals are often
caused at tlio neutral side of the receiving-in-
, stiuniGiit upon the reversal of the main-line
*5 “'J011. r,l,lso. signals being otherwise
arm- iiVJ th° t<Sch".lc'i1,1 tnngnngo of the oper-
? •kl1C.k of„u«> neutral relay,” the
cause of which is well understood ns being due
to the static discharge of the line on several of
30 the i signaling-currents from the transmitting
station. To correct this action I wrap the
outside of boll, coils of-tho neutral relay with
several layers of tin-foil and paper in the fol-
„ l°'';i"g inanneri First, I wraparound such
35 coils a layer of tin foil, then a layer of thin
paper, then again a layer of tin foil, and then
another layer of thin paper, and so on, the
number of such alternate layers of tin-foil and
thin paper being increased ordimiiiishedtostlit
40 the requirements ns demonstrated by practical
observation. All tlio altcrnato layers of tin-
toil aro placed in electrical connection with
each other, preferably by connecting them on
their edges, and to facilitate this the layers of I
45 paper aro preferably mado smaller than tlio 1
1 i'S'e'os„0ff,,tin:!'uilJ fo permit the joining of tlio
edges of the tin-foil layers together. By thus '
wrapping the coils of the neutral relay and
connecting oleotrioally the tin-foil layers to-
I gothor I surround the neutral relay with a to
I compensating dovico which will prevent the
in ter fen ng action of the statio discharge. This
device is a eondenser surrounding the coils, ns
I shown In the drawing, and connected up with
the circuit so ns to discharge through the coils 5 *
In operating quadruples- systems on a re-
| vet-sal of the. current at the trnnsniitting-sta-' —
! lion ho neutral relay should remain inactive. 5o
J. radically, however, by reason of the dis¬
charge of the Hue, a reverse impulse of the
1 same strength as a previous impulso will not
hold the relay neutral, the static discharge of
tlio line destroying the balance. I lmvo indi- 6c
cated one way of connecting the condenser in
circuit in tlio drawing. As shown, the con¬
densers on the, two legs of tlio magnet aro con-
llc.<;te;1 ! . "Itiple arc, one set of condenser-
coils being connected to the artificial line, the 70
other set to the real line. The condenser is 9
tuns 111 a shunt around the opposing coils of
1 lie neutral rely. On a reversal of current the
condenser is charged and discharges through
he circuit abode/ a A, affecting the coils of , „
the neutral relay equally and oppositely, main- *
thoRne'1 *tS "0""nl llosit'011 and clearing
What I claim as my Invention is—
| A .r,cl‘9r f?!' 11 quadruplex- telegraidi system 80
provided with exciting-coils, a condenser stir-
| rouuding said coils, and circuit-connections
between the condenser terminals and the lino
I to neutralize tlio effect of the static discharge :
of tlio line on said rolay. ■
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY,
TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT,
Ba i i imorB , "ct. 18, 188*.
A. 0, Tate, i?sq. ,
Electrician, Phonoplex Co.,
40 n 43 Wall St. ,
New York.
neqr Sir;
T thank you for your letter of Oct. 17th but T have been
under the Imprdirsipn that you sold the phonoplex outright and
charged no royalties. .T hardly understand that part of your
letter referring to the duplex and quadruplex equipment. My
recollection of the Old contract with the conpany was that on
the face of tilings you were to receive 830. 00 per annum, per set,
less actually 880. 00, ours being the first road jto accepi and
put the phonoplex into use. • However, if they are to be Sioo
each that will of necessity debar their use with us beyond what
we now have in service, which, of course, we will retain Tor a
year. Tt is cheaper for me to build wires when your rates are so
high as to represent move than the ord in ary rate of interest on an
expenditure which would give us an nbsplute wire by itself.
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21st.., I note that General Supt.Pettit's letter of November 8th.
to your Mr. Tate is .not very explicit and has heretofore had the
effect of giving you a somewhat erroneous impression as to my
position in reference to the pncposed License for use of Fbono-
-plex, Phantom Circuits, e-ti. The Agreement originally sub -
-mitted to him for execution contained a provision by which we
were' called upon to acknowledge the -validity of all the patents
therein described. . . To this I objected, for the reason,.
First: That we had no satisfactory legal knowledge of the fact.
Second: It was a matter that would concern us very little, since
if the patents were found to be an Ihfri.ngement from any cause '
we should rely upon your Company to -indemnify and pfcotect us.
I quite agree with you that it is
proper that all arrangements of this character should be the subject
of .an Agreement, not only in. pursuance of the correct method . of doing
business but as a means of protection as well as having- it in such 1
shape as would give, the i successors of all . parties interested a pro- |
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-per understanding of the matter.
The Agreement now submitted seems. to
be in proper form and I have forwarded it to General Supt. Pettit to take
up and have engrossed ficr execution.
Yours truly,
General Mar,ager.
1888. Telephone (D-88-S4)
This folder contains correspondence about the technical and commercial
development of the telephone in the United States and abroad. Some of the
letters pertain to the organization of a telephone company in Great Britain.
Also included are requests for information about the telephone and
correspondence about the loan of a loud-speaking telephone for a lecture
series.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following documents have not been filmed: printed invitation to the tenth
annual meeting of the National Telephone Exchange; royalty statements from
the American Bell Telephone Co.; printed form from the American Cushman
Telephone Co.
’ Norwood,
Jan'. 5th,. 1888.
(DOMESTIC TELEPHONE. )
Pr lends of mine have perfected a very simple and attractive, as
• well as wtoiiy highly useful device for a domestic telephone. They have
the opinion of PI etcher Moulton (whom we^swear by'hore) that so far as the
patent is concerned, it is made upon the linos of ^disclaimer,' % it is
believed that it is not an infringement of any righto held by the United Co.
I have been ashed to take the Chairmanship of the concern, which will be in
strong hands, and it is expected that those most influential in the United
ana' Allied Companies will be shareholders. I have consented, upon the coni,
dition that you win^llpw them to use your name in connection with it, as
"The Edison Domestic^" a suggestion which they readily accede to, as they
will deem it an honour to be allowed to associate your name with it. It is
of course a compliment to you at 'the same time, which while you need not '
necessarily value very highly, you will not of course dospise.it being the
custom to associate the names of great menwfth things sometimes with which
they have nothing whatever to do. Any interest I may take in it will be
upon the ground floor, 'and ‘should you wish to participate in the capital, you
shall be enabled to do so on the same terms as myself. if you do not wish
to put any money in it, and I do, I shall make them - as they will no doubt
be glad to do — present you with some shares of the value which your name'
will naturally give to ^enterprise. It is the one field of telephony
which I may say almost throughout the world is hardly touched, and for which
there are . large possibilities, even so great, probably, as fer the regular
telephone. business. An instrument will be sent to you by an early mail, so
you can judge of what it is. I have had considerable to do with it, seek¬
ing to reduce it in size and cost i
trie bell. m the sample sent you, there will be only the r
Telephone", but of course if your name is
tic."
s near as possible to the ordinary elec-
"Domestic
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intimating your decision, so that we may proceed without delay in the regis¬
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hands of a very energetic and able man, so it will not take any of my time
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Feb. 14th, 1888.
Dear Edison;
In reply to your letter of 27th ult - I did receive the papers
referred to by the steamer •Gallia, * but ,it appears to me. there must have
been some more formal documents entered into between yourself and the
Telephone Co. of Paris. I8 not that the, case? In the case of the En¬
glish Co. you know the final agreements were signed by you personally,
notwithstanding my power-of-attomey to do so.
I have your cable advising me of theiliscovery of important papers
which will be forwarded Saturday. ' r ahall a^ait their receipt with
interest. '*
I would be greatly obliged if you woutfl £et up your stenographer and
just tell me what you have been doing in re^rd to the; phonograph, and
when I am likely ’to1' receive the first iiistriiriiMitfe' "" '■ ■
Dear Sir: -We have been considering the advisability of put¬
ting in Hotel telephones frcm each room of the Hollenden.now in proees?
of construction. Speaking tubes, which we have tried in various places
in that portion now in operation, have failed to give us satisfactory,
service. Have you not arranged some simple and durable method of
oral communication answering the purposes of a speaking tube, the trana
mission of sound being by wire?
Yours Truly,
Upper-'No***6dd,
188&r
Edison^
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P. K, Pattison, Esq. ,
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Mr. John 1. Sabin wishes to know if you osn furnish
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1888. West Orange Laboratory - General (D-88-55)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
construction and operation of Edison’s West Orange laboratory. Some of the
material pertains to experiments and tests conducted at the laboratory and to
labor policies for laboratoiy employees. There are also many letters by Joseph
H. Taft, architect of the laboratory, concerning payment for his services.
Among the correspondents are Charles Batchelor, superintendent of the
laboratory, and Arthur E. Kennelly, chief electrician.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine shipping
receipts; routine correspondence about payrolls, orders, shipments, and the
personal affairs of laboratoiy employees; routine correspondence regarding the
availability of local housing; routine reports of engine performance tests.
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-ROBERT M. GILMOUR,-
-ASBESTOS MATERIALS—
PATENT NON-CONDUCTING COVERINGS.
FOR STEAM BOILERS, PIPES, ETC.
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82 JOHN STREET,
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HAIR AND WOOL FELT.
MR, 0HA3 B ATOHELOR,
Cara, THE T.
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0RANS8, N, J,
As you suggested, T submit you mattor in regard to claim
for extra labor while covering the steam Pipes at the Laboratory,
as follows:
When you kindly gave me the contract for covering the
Steam Pipes connecting from Boilers to Engines, in the Laboratory
there was one place viz, under the Engine room floor that we spoke
of which would be a difficult place to work in. on account of the
oonflined position of the Pipes and the intense heat radiated from
I same, y0u at that time said you would make such provisions as
j would enable my men to work in this place. That is you were to put
l into this space an air blast of sufficient' capacity to keep it cool
[ 0nOUsh for the men t0 wor* in- But owing to the unfinished con-
j| dlti°n °f y°Ur aPPal;atus at that time,, you were unable to carry out
TELEPHONE NO., 161 NASSAU.
-ROBERT M. QILMOUR,-
- MANUFACTURER OF- -
-ASBESTOS MATERIALS-
_PATENT NON-CONDUCTING COVER! MAS
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HAIR AND WOOL FELT.
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the above idea, consequently at your suggestion my men had to per¬
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clock in the morning after the Engines had stopped, and fini
about 6 o'clock in the morning, before oonmenoed work a-
gain. This over time entailed upon me an expense over and above
"hat I 00uld reasonably charge you, b*^ld charge you for this
over time as per enclosed bill.
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yoa, and accorded with your ideas I am
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Laboratory is to hand. X am sorry that you should find it
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For many months your men have been, *off. and on, . fix¬
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Mr. Burke. He has frequently complained of the inconsistency of
expecting him to use his parlor and Reception-room for work¬
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frequent lately, and we have always traced them from our catch-
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thoroughly ‘disgusted, and that he could not allow his place to
be made a v/ork-shop of any longer and begged me to take the .matter
in hand myself and sec that he could get 'a permanent and good
light. I thereupon instructed Mr. Batchelor to have it fixed
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your inspector, whoever he is, must know leas-- to instruct a man
to making such, a joint as this. If ho didnot instruct him to
i, he must certainly have seen fchs a joint. made
asked the man how he made t' is joint. he
was satisfied with the explainat .on, Jh is not fit for this bu¬
siness. Undoubtedly there are many more joints in that lead
cable system, all of which we presume are made in this way. If so
you may be sure we will have to cut every one of them out as they
give us trouble, V/hen »e took out these two, our.tHne» were per¬
fectly clear, but V is morning again, which is"'-opL.y 48 hours,
we have a ground on both sides, which we are now investigating.
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EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
Mw York . 0.c.t»....8.th....l.H.88.»...
Mfr dear Mr. Kennelly:-
Mr. Brown informs me that you have very
kindly consented to loan him your CardetftVolt meter and also a line
of resistance lamps for use an a 1200 volt alternating current.
Mr. Brorni was very anxious to use this apparatus upon a rainey
night, and I believe telephoned you Saturday but there has evident¬
ly been some misunderstanding, therefore, if convenient, will you
kindly send these articles to my office at your earliest conven¬
ience so that we may have them ready for the first opportunity.
Please also send a table of calibration. Regretting to trouble
you in the matter and ready at any time to reciprocate I remain,
Secty & Treas.
A. E . Kenhelly, Esq.
The I.aboratoiy ,
Orange, N. J.
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to A 18 into A I) STREET,
Mw York, . 0ot. -lS*h-l888 .
My dear Mr. Kennel ly!-
I duly received your valued
favor of the 9th inst. f since which the pack¬
ages have also come to hand and have been deliv¬
ered to Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown will keep them un¬
til the first rainy night and after using than
I will see that they are returned in good order.
With renewed thanks for your kindness in this
matter and ready at any time to reciprocate, j
I remain.
To A. E. Kennelly, Esq.
The laboratory.
Orange, N. J.
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Mr. Thos A. Edison,
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir!-
I beg to announce that our Winter schedule on
the N. Y. & 3. L. Railway went into effect on the I4th inst., and
I have taken the liberty of enclosing you herewith card giving the
figures.
My objeot is not only to invite your attention to the fact of
the change, but also that we have improved over last Winter on the
Orange Branch to the extent of two more trains eastward and four
more trains westward, that we are now running new cars on an im¬
proved road, and using hard coal burners, that our 23rd St. Station
and low commutation rates present considerable advantages to fami¬
lies for shopping as well as for regular commuters in business in
the City. I would also solicit your patronage in so far as advis¬
ing your friends in regard to our facilities.
We will be pleased to stop our express leaving at 10.50 A.M.
at your factory in order to make our line even more convenient to
your visitors, upon notification of your desire that we do so.
Very truly,
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General Passenger Agent-
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I understand that you are to have some tests .
made at the Laboratory in connection with Callender oable. On
Saturday last, Mr. Konnelly brought me the attached letter whieh
he proposed sending to the Callender people, and whieh struck me
as not being quite the ri^it kind of communieation to make to
them. Of course I know nothing about the facts. If you approve
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Samuel Insull, Esq,,
19 Dey Street,
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1888. West Orange Laboratory - Suppliers (D-88-56)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the purchase of supplies
for Edison’s West Orange laboratory and the shipment of scientific instruments,
tools, equipment, machinery, and materials to the laboratory. Some of the
letters pertain to the purchase of furniture for the library.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine requests for
catalogs and prices: routine letters concerning the ordering and shipment of
supplies and equipment from the Edison Machine Works, the Edison Lamp Co.
and other suppliers.
Related documents can be found in D-88-35 (Electric Light - Edison
Machine Works).
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Qst-*-*^(Lc<^IL, 7[. Qi., . JAN ... .3 .1888
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T. -A. Edison Esq.
0 range, N. j.
Dear Sir:-
We are pleased to learn that on the whole our goods are
satisfactory to you. We ship you as requested a dozen mo r<
p^er scales for galvanometers. m regard to the two more
resistance boxes on which you asked a price we quote you as follows;
■*® °§B fUrniSh y°U tTO "J3”bo xes (as soon as adjustment is consisted/
Hoping that whenever you are in need *f anything in our line
that you will favor us with a chance to figure on the s^e.we- are.
Yours respectfully,
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Edison' Lamp Company.
Harrison, N. J
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(Dear sir: —
Your faVor of the 3rd inst . ha3 cone to hand, and
I am very glad that you received the various specimens which
1 sent you so m3ny months ago; because some of them are very
rare. Now I am sorry to say that I cannot give you the
petrified eye-ball which I wrote you about, and also told
your Mr. English of; I put it away about a year ago, so
carefully, that now when I look for it, I cannot find it.
And the reason that I am writing to you is that $ou may not
T disappointed whenever you call here, if you find that I
not have it.
1 want to make a preset of it to you, and whenever
lit comes into my hands again, I Shall send it to you at
|once.
Wishing you a very happy and prosperous New Year,
Very truly yours.
Edison Lamp Company.
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WILLIAMS & POTTER,
ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS,
2 WBBt 14th Street,
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We send you a circular of a very fine and re¬
markable optical outfit, fen- projection, in which we think you may
be interested, os it is unique. Should you carS to purchase it
we would be pleased to male e you special prices.
We have received not ice of the shipment of a large invoice of
apparatus for you from Dr. M.Th. Edelmann.
We notioe that in the orders which you have given- us, .there is
almost nothing of our. own manufacture, the orders being almost al¬
together for importation. Wo are pi eased * o call your- attention
to the fact that we have one of tho beat managed and thoroughly
equipped shops for t be .manufacture of s dent if ic' apparatus in this
country, and in case you should want to have anything made we ’
Should be pleased t o give you plans am specif reasons as we have
a corps or reliable workmen and the person who has clarge of the
manufacture is a first class draughtsman an! has had long years. of
experience in the use and manufa cture of s cientific apparatus. In
this way xve feel ttiat we are better equipped for special work at
present than ever before, and should be glad to hear from you in
regard to anything whi ch you may wish made.
During the visit of our Mr. Walton to Europe during this summer,
he purchased a large amount of interesting new material which we
have now in our store ani should be pleased to show you; there is
a great deal of apparatus, etc. which is new and which vie think
yOi would find interesting, and vie should be glad to have you case
over and spend a day with us.
We shall be pleased to hear item you and remain
very Respectfully
_ 5k„k . - .
M. LtVOR, " “i#
MANAGER. ' WORKS,
• SCHENECTADY, 'N. Y.
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
SHAFTING DEPARTMENT,
49 Dey Street,
New York. jan.v.iasa.
Mr.Chas, Patchelor,
Orange , H, J,
Dear Sir:-
V/e enclose you letter of the Brown & Pharpe i«fj?,Co. and
you will please co-.raiun icat e direct with them in relation to the infor¬
mation they ask thereon,
V/s also enclose bill and letter of S.E. Jones for the two steam
Traps ordered in December. The defective Steam Tran vou sent us has
been oxchan-ed, and we will send it by express to you to-day.
Yours respectfully.
SHAFTING DEPARTMENT'
His £ita Uiib Works, r;s
per jQj
MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
1LEGRAPH ADDRESS, SHARPE) PROVIDENCE. PROVIDENCE, R. I. 6, 1888.
Edison Machine Works,
19 Dey St., New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen;- Yours of 5* inst. received requesting
us to ship Gear Cutters, &c., to Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J.
We can send all the Slitting Saws at once, also Emery Wheels. Will
make and send Gear Cutters as soon as possible. In regard to taper
Reaper ordered, would say that there are two tapers on the Grinding
Machine, one considerable smaller than the other; please advise which
one you want the Reamer for. Also, please give us the number of
your Machine, which you will find on the top of the table in the
center.
Yours Truly,
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.
s* per J. T. C»
P. S. Please advise by return mail if we shall send at once all the
Cutters on hand, or wait till Gear Cutters and Reamer are finished.
woM
he Edison llechlno Works.”
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THOMAS A. EDISON,' President.
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GAS,
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Thomas A, gdison, £sq,r
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Dear Sir;-*
tto are anxious to have your gas plant a perfect
success in ovary particular, and we hope you will reel free to drS* . j
on our experience to adapt the gas to your varied needs, t don't
think there is anything to be done with gae in your laboratory, [
except the little glass blowing, that can be done any better with
coal gas than with the fuel gas, You will, however, bear in - 1
mind the fact that afe a rule the burners used with coal gas are
not adapted to the use of fuel gas, I think you will not have
any trouble with the ordinary Bunsen burner that you Use, but some © j j
of the other coal gas burners will prove a failure, . I saw a
man on Saturday toying to heat a tool for tempering, with complete . |
r allure. The same could be done to perfeetlon in a little fire I
brick . furnace, No* debt* go on and experiment with things
that we have found to fail, diva «« the thing to be dong, end
we will tell you hoV todo it successfully, I shall. go up to
your Laboratory next Wednesday or Thursday, and as often afterward
MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
:LEGRAPH ADDRESS, SHARPE, PROVIDENCE. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Jail. 10, 1888.
Edison Machine Works,
19 Dey St., New York, N. Y.
Gentlemenj- We are in receipt of a letter dated
Jan. 9th from the Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J., requesting us to
send what Slitting Saws and Emery Wheels we could at once by express
to the Laboratory, which we have done to-day. Have also sent all the
Gear Cutters we had. in stock and will send balaoe of order as soon as
possible. Enclosed please find invoice. You will, notice that we
have discounted 25$ from the Cutters ordered; would say we do this on.
account of the large quantity ordered at this time, but could not
make the same discount on a small order.
Hoping they will be received promptly, we remain,
Yours Truly,
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.
S. per J. T. C.
AMERICAN GAS EGRNAGE G0MPANY,
[ENCLOSURE]
AMERICAN GAS FfcIRNACE G0MPANV,
Sales Office. 80 NASSAU STREET,
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are some instruments not ordered by you, but which tte y sent over
with the other goods, saying 'that you would take a special interest
in them am like to have them. . They charged for them, and we
send them to you rather than unpack them out,, and send the bill fa-
them, but with the understanding that we do not at a 11 expect you
to keep them unless, you wish, H & B sent t)Bm in their own reponsi-
bilit y\ They comprise some of their new Vo ltjne te r^'j^a m also a
new technical bridge wKUph is a c curate t o wit hin /about 1/2 or 1#
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of interest and "useful, but If not ^ pl.ease, retu rih them.
Very Heqj eqtf ully
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MICROSCOPES MD SPECTACLES;
Photographic Stock Merchants.
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THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS.
CABLE ADDRESS:
“ XYDSUN NEW YORK.”
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fial ordered from the Ansonia Brass .4 Copper C- «• - -
we,_enc lose you herewith a couijuiiri cation which
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Schenectady, N. Y. ■ ' ,,
Gentl einen: -
Replying to your favor of 18 th inst.,
in relation to Brass and Copper of different foims
for Mr. Edison's labratory, part of tlio goods will
be shipped tomorrow or next day, and we oxpeot to
complete the entire order by the S5th inst. We ro-
gret the delay, but as you are aware it is very
slow work making such small quantities of so many
different sizes of goods, and our having to take in.
vent.ory and shutting do wn a portion of our works
has of course taken considerable time within the
last month.
Yours truly,
The Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.
A. £. Cowles, Sec'y.,
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THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
Messrs Chance Bros, again call our attention to
your order for Discs. They are; sending the Discs under 3 inches
diameter, in equal quantities of Hard and Soft Crown, light and
Dense Flint; but for the larger sizes of Discs, they will not do
anything until they hear from you again. In the first place, they
wish to know whether the Discs are to be used for telescopes or
Cameras, or for other Photo Instruments. And then in the larger
sizes of Discs which you order: One of these Discs would be of
no use if you have not the other to go with it, as the Crown and
Flint have to be used together, that is they go in pairs. If you
order the Disc of Crown, you ./want one of Flint also, unless you
have glass on hand to take the place of the kind that you have not
ordered.
This also applies to the plates ordered.
Please oompare your order with Clianoes catalogue
and advise us.
t*?S-ol-a-7
Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Co,,
Springfield Gas Machine,
And "PURE SPIRITS” GASOLENE for GAS Machines,
75 MAIDEN LANE,
Mr. Charles Bachelor,
Harrison, N.J.,
Dear Si r;~
cyk™
January 27/ 1888.
We send you some burners which we think you will
find useful. The small burner can be arranged to fit into the
centre of the large one, and be Independent of the large one in
operation. The supply pipe or the smaller one could be cut off
about one inch from the ring, and the nipple left on:-- the burner
can be threaded, an elbow put on, a short nipple -and another elbow,
then a short piece of pipe with a coupling, into which the piece
of the burner stem cut of r oan be screwed. This arrangement win
allow the burners to stand on the same level, and each be inde¬
pendent of the other in operation. One trouble is likely jt.«
occur with these burners If used Just as they are. There will
be times, when the oil gets low in the Generator, that no air will
be required to make the gas of the right mixture for per root com¬
bustion, hence the burner, just as it is, will induce too much
Bin To have them just right at all times; there should be T
an adjustable covering for the air inlet. ' A metal sleeve oan
January 27,
Ohas. Bachelor, Esq,,
Page ;
"* '‘1'M °” S*'“" *' ‘h*‘ th» b. placed the
“r 'nl*t “ »»» hav8 «wd the burners 1„ ,h.
Oas Griddle.
*" *” «• “» «» f «... at .he vault,
«. think it tore effective to uc, the ...cm ,i,„ the p,pe
within the ei, pipe, had .hi, ...had i. in perfect accord
ineuranc. r.gul.tiou., The simples, .„c f„ ^
remove that check valve the vault, and run the plps
It -a, originally, „.ko , ha, change, and i, ,m 6e right.
We send you .a safety and a vacuum valve, and a
rough sketch of ho, the, should he placed, T.p th, ... plpe
in the vault for a half inch pipe, and connect up with short
nipples as indicated. The ball on the safety valve is too heavy
remove it, and put on a weight that will allow the valve to open
with a pressure Just a little in excess of your nonnal pressure.
0f C°UrSe y°U ”'1U °bSerVe «*• vacuum valve must downward.
In regard to the check valve in the Generator, we
wish to say that we consider it entirely useless, 'and we have
never found it required by Insurance men.
Please make these changes as soon as convenient to
do so.
Respectfully,
. I*-**
TELEGRAPH ADDRE8S, 8HARPE,
MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
' Providence, R. I. Jan. 27,
Mr. T. A. Edison,. Orange, N. J. VS
Dear Sirs-
We are in receipt of your favor of the 26 « Inst., ahdv„^
hand you enclosed herewith^ blue print showing the various sizes of s
reamers which we use. If any of these reamers will answer your pur- a
pose, we shall be pleased to receive your order. They all taper S>
1-2* to the foot, except the No. 10, which varies slightly from this.NA
The No. 1 Milling Machine was made with the No. 10 taper, and the \
Universal Grinding Machine with the No. 7 taper, we think, so that V
the two will differ slightly. A
Should you wi3h a reamer 1.2* taper to take the place of the No.
10, we could make it for you. The No. 10 was made a great many years
ago, before the present accurate methods of measuring were devised,
and we supposed it was correat. Now, we have so many machines out
made with it that we cannot change without very great difficulty.
We would advise, your having standard plugs for any tapers you
choose to use, as a reamer may in grinding get lout of line without
being noticed. We can furnish these plugs.
Tours truly,
ThQraas A. Edison Esq..;
' Orange^ N. J,.
■Dear. Sirs
. . explaining, of the great, delay
laboratory,,. I. a. happy * m ltat
most everything »=« ord.red has hee, shipped to yo«.and „lIcUs
r.»i. to.t, .hipped win. he so., ,» , te, days,. . douhtlea.
great to youtbut the difficult of ..King small guaatitiaa of so '
“W s,zes °r “ *»• “» >•» would, thtnfc, and ».t.»„ „
long to MU snob an ord.r i> It would to rill a very l.c,. ordat suon as „
ordinarily gst. M.praaaad upon on, paopla.tha porta.,. . f .ooW.
dating you l, tbl, reaped t. and I. think thoy.dld ail lhay ,o„ia.. , t
~r, much that. you .... has. .put to an, i.e.nvenlane,. „ l6a d.lay.a.d 1. ,„,t.
under the oircumstances, you will excuse It.. . j
yours. /isry truly.
Office of.
Manning, Maxwell & Moore,
Railway and Machinists’ Tools and Supplies,
Nos. 1 1 I & 1 13 LIBERTY STREET.
Subject...
The Edison Machine Works,
19 Dey St . , City .
Feby 3rd, 1888.
flentlemen:-
Some veeks ago you gave us an order for a 50* dear
Cutter for the Orange labratory. With this machine we furnish
one arbor and will make it of any desired size that you designate.
The factory state that they have the machine running and that
they have made a number of valuable improvements on it and would
like to. keep it a day or two longer to see that -these new improve¬
ments are all right. They believe that you will feel fully
v -E.e.bry— 3gd.>.....l.H88.
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Mr Chas. Bacheldor,
Dear Sir;-
ffill you be kind enough to send at once by
express to Mr Jno.;fL. Bogert Flushing, I.. I. a Reamer for boring
the hole in -spindle of the two 14in Lathes ordered for you, also
send with the same, a. standard of the aut exact diam. and thread
which you want the end of apindle to be made.
We presume you have something that you want to interchange
mth these Lathes, and we would like to have a template so as
to make sure we are right.
If you will kindly send this at once, it will help alopg the
delivery.
Yours truly
E. P, Bullard
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antUaatlnga 63' J 7 JarWiwrir Co.'* BoU Cutters anti
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SSS ^ai^way anc^ Machinists Tools and Supplies, jsfggSg^
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Nos. Ill & 113 LIBERTY STREET.
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Feby 4th, T888.
The Thomas A. Edison labratory ,
Orange, N..I.
Gentlemen
Mr Batchelor's letter of the 3rd is received, and we
are in receipt of invoice for the balance of all the matters be¬
longing to the Precision lathe, including the grinding Drum,
which Slate charged before but now fin*, he omitted from the shlp-
Hoping that this shipment will make everything complete
and satisfactory, to remain
Yours respectfully
Feb* 4+88
Mr* Thos* A* Edison,
Orange, N* J*
Dear Sirl-
We are obliged for your favor of the 8rd explain¬
ing your order for Optical Qlaas, and will oWtgethe factory at
once about it*
Yours very truly.
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SkiENEVOISE, HARTMANN & BRAUN,
jeb. 13th. 1888.
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Thomas A. Edison;
Orange,
Dear Sir;
Y°u will reirester tint we couLd not ge t t te
Ayrton * ;erry Dispersion Phot cater for ^ om England, as San-
nett who made it had disappeared. we f** t tat lvs can g.t , ■ la
«* Ka th. caMoeue of &u<> ^ #Mch
flni it quoted at M-170. Ye shall be pleased to import i*. f<r
you if you would llketoha^:^,
we shall be pleased to hear from you and remain
very Res peot fully
' , . . . lvrv”o“i-a,
MANAGER. WORKS,
SCHENECTADY, N. Y,
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
SHAFTING DEPARTMENT,
19 Dey Street,
New York. Feb.i4,i88a.
Chas, Batchelor, Esq,,
Care Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
Dear Sirj-
We enclose you herewith a letter from Browne & Sharpe Ilf g,
Co., for your perusal, together with a bill for Three (3) Taper Reamers
We also enclose bill of Feb. 10th from Me Nab &. Harlin Mfg.Co,, and
bill of Feb. 5th from Messrs ^Pierson & Company. Please check,.
Yours truly,
The Edison Machine Work^,
8HAFTIN3 DEPARTMENT, Jyl
Enolosures,
[ENCLOSURE]
Edison teichine Works, Shafting Dept** X9 Dey St*, New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen**
We send you to-day the S Reamers ordered* We find j
that the largest Reamer is a little soft at the back end of flutes#
If it will not answer your purpose,please return and we will make a,
new one at once* We| enclose invoice and letter from the Edison
labratory*
Yours Truly,
Brown & Sharpe Mfg# Co*
Per B. V* '•'M*
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FACTO^^f^^^ . February 15th ypp 8.
The Laboratory-' of '
ThospA. Edison,
- - ' . Orange, N. J. _ _ _ _ • A*, -■ ’
Gentlemen: ' ■ .
. . 1 . ^Replying to :your favor of the :13th just at hand The' tro7j3" ,~-iuee
.Boxes, ordered 'by :you .have . been completed :for .some time
.comparison test .of -.each .coil as asked for by you. As re wish to give yo"u very
• accurate work, and.as .it is impossible for .us .to .keep a constant . temperature during "— -
the :axtreme -cold: weather: intour -old laboratorjr-and as - our new .laboratory- is -not . _
• yet •oomplBtefrwe have:been trying. to. get . this .part .of .the ..work .done .at :the , Johns ■ ji
Hopkins University . _ The result Is .that we are looking for a telegram from
Dr -Dundan daily ,as he- promised tho .writer to .let .us .know :as soon as they are -ready i
■for -us, andton .-receipt of which telegram our Mr.Prey .will • leave for Baltimore -with'
the boxes :and . with in a - few days -. afterward you :■ wi 1 1 : have . the boxes . ; . . •' :
Hoping. you will pardon the- seeming negloct in .filling your order ;, we remain, .
:P.B;The,_thMmometers.^haye -been tobtaj-ned :and if 1 tied 'to ■ the '• hmti>« • W
James W.< Queen & Co., February 16, 1888.
024 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia , Pa.
Small hydraulic press b»nt here has no pump to it. Is ’there
one belonging to it? Answer.- *
e d iso m . p;-
<L , To prevent loss, plcasoraulioroii
2 V4T!? -
> The E. S. Greeley & Co.,
Successors to L. 6. Tillolsoq & Go.,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN
'iT’mmT Telegraph, Telephone, Electric Light,
‘ * ' 8 GENERAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES,
And Bailway and Steamship Supplies,
Nos. 5 and 7 DEY STREET,
Thonas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, n.J.
Dear Sir
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f”r91^h*°"®aS?eJienfof
whl+ho^i3,15 lf you wl8h **> determine
MthZ,* ZJZt!? n+Zpa,oe 18 pr°P0rly lighted,
Wthout going , to the expense of carring
thither some <$450. 00 worth of Intricate appar¬
atus, you can accomplish this result with 'the
simple instrument herewith. You will know
when the ilghtlng is properly done by the
stiff ness of the shadow.
Mr. Gilliland, who has seen it w0rk, can
explain the natter fully;
not
MEMORANDUM.
Address'all Correspondence to
THE COMPANY,
From E. W. BLISS CO.,
To
17 ADAMS ST.,
Mr Thos A. Edison,
Brooklyn, N. Y., ,, . __
Meh 2nd 1888 j
Orange, N. J,
Ymir order per letter 29th ult has been received and entered as below
with our best thanks. If the particulars are not correct, kindly advise us at once.
A Thermometer that will go up to 500° F
Respectfully,
3ay that the Magnetometer charged Feb. I8th. and the spendulum In¬
terrupt r are both in oir store, wait ing t ill we send you a lot of
goods. This accounts for your not finding ttem, and we hope is j;
satisfactory to you.
V«ry Req? ectfully
Tanes W.Qu0en & Co.
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Successors to and Sole Agonts for R. & J. BECK,
MICROSCOPES, OPTICAL AND PHYSICAL 'INSTRUMENTS,
Photographic Stock Merchants,
No. 1016 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia,
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MATTHIAS PLUM,
773 and 775 Broad Street,
NEWARK. N. ,J.
. - . . . March .'37 th;
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■Thomas A. .Edison .Esq.;,
Orange,
Dear Sir: —
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.We .encLqsejyou bill .for the -lot
completed and sent tcnyou. We wish to say a word, by way Jf .^
in regard to this bill. When -your representative called upon^up«]
or binding, which we^Melj.
m
- - -r— ^oiieu uponrUp«ne tfflLc
that there would be ,2. poo ..volumes that iyo.u-.would>want' bou'n'dH^
us a volume as a„ sample. . .We. based .our .calculation* updn'.^^JF
;ing only abJ^^Sne-third .0
■the^price-' that we: have to '
’‘■’upon, the same, basis, that
1 H&*3=!£=
VOlUn,.eS; fit". wlBVe h_im.Ah? ‘Pile* . ; There, being .only abi^e-Third of
the quantity ort|ipany named to us. of .course t.the^price-. th^t wa.hav'O to'
charge you for binding this lot, cannot be<fcade£upori. the same, basis,
the large lot was figured upon.
We have however made the .price upon the (juanlitiis sent to osGusi
as low as if an estimate had been given upon them before going on withHhe
work. We . have also had to make an extra charge for mounting maps, as the
■party .who .called .here, and instructed us about mounting them, wished them
mounted in such a manner .as to require a large amount of .extra labor and
•expense. -Also .on a great many .of the books .he .wished a .considerable more
lettering upon them, than .was .originally spoken .about. -All .of these things
•of .course .require extra labor and .expense, and we are compelled to .charge
accordingly.
•We have, as .we have said before. carefully gone over the .job, and
MATTI-IIAS .PLUM,
773 and 775 Broad Street,
188
■have made the .price .as low as it is ipossible for us to do them, and
the whole Job on the average it is a very low iprice for the .work.
•We trust that it will be satisfactory to -you, and shall :be jpleased
■from -you if you wish the balance bound.
;Yours Respectfully,
8.
taking
to hear
M A TTR'IAS PL U M.
[ENCLOSURE]
/to-{*ty Pi
W. H. WALMSLEY & CO.,
o R. & J. BECK,
MICROSCOPES, OPTICAL AND PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Photographic Supplies,
No. 1016 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia,
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pose you mention. •
Our MriSohwelm' says^ that. he-'Sent you. t?;o ^tcfclrs- a- ftpr; d*yh •agcu
and a "letter, ot explanation as to their, adaptation to the phonpgraotu-
When; you *r^ ready to- take, down .plano^fppte- mustp^ can gal one ot tfid
beat;:piap-iflts tri'Amerlea' to- play for. the tnatrumeptitf yot!r wOu^d life* to have
08* land- will appoint- a day- and hour- for- ua to go to Orange.. '
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924 Chestnut Street
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'GENEVOISE, HARTMANN & BRAUN,
June 5th.l888.
Thomas A. Edison;
, Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir;
Yours of* the 4th. inst. is at hand, we regret
to hear of the accident to the mercury bulb, but will remind you
that under the terms of our agreement, giving you the apparatus at
such a very low rate, we took no responsibility of breakage. If you
wish us to order the bulb from Emgland at your expense, we shall of
course, be pleased to do so, but suppose that your glass blower san
make another, and therefore await your further communications.
ver y He speotfully
'■a You will remember that yo ur order to us- in-
cluded a Planetarium, #6715 at $60. This is no longer made,
and we could not furnish it. We -.end you a cut of a French Plan- '
otarium, which is 50 ctm. diameter, enclosed in a crystal globe,
worked by the hand by the little crank seen at the side. This is
A on the cut. The price of this is Pr.400, and with clockwork to
turn itself Fr. 500. The Planetarium B, while not so highly re¬
commended can be furnished for 58 ctm. diam, Fr. 800, 50 ctm. Fr500
66 ctm. Fr550. '
We should bo pleased to have your order for either of these.
Very keep octfully _
james W . Queen & Co.
ment of your Quadrant Electromater in charge of the captain of the
3. S. Prussia from Glasgow to this port.
Please be kind enough to let us know how you wouLd like this
sent to you. For such an expensive and delicate inst rument, we
think it would pay you to said a special messenger, as'it might
be ruined in transport with even the most careful management.
we shall be pie ased to have your opinion on the subject, and re¬
main
Very Respectfully
james W. Queen & Co,
The Quadrant Electrometer has a: rived, but
it is so ltrge we find, being in two heavy boxes, that no messenger
could carry it. It seems to us therfore, that the best plan will
be for us to give it specially in charge of the express agent here,
paying something extra to him if necessary to claim his personal
care, and for you to have the train met by some of your people
and the instruments carefully removed.
Plea e let us know at once if this plan meets with your ap¬
proval.
very Respectfully
janes W. Queen & Co. '
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A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison laboratory.
Orange, N -.J.
Dear Sir:-
The Bausch & lomb Optical Oo., have delivered jto us a,
microscope ^together with a bill for $37.00,7 which they siate was
ordered by Mr. Gilliland through Mr. English of Orange, N.J.. I
do not know Mr. English nor do I know for what purpose the micro¬
scope was ordered. Should it be sent out to the laboratory, or car
you enlighten me in any way upon the subject?
■ ftp-*9'
E. T. GILLILAND,
Mr. Thomas A. lid is on;
Orange, N..T.
Dear Sir;
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We wrote to the Soc ieto Genevoise in regard
to the Hydraulic Press which you said w uld not stand tte pres¬
sure: They reply t* they cannot understard this, as they tested
tMs cylinder themselves at. over 300 atmospheres and it supported
the pressure perfectly. But they s^ in order to give you sat-
isf act ion they will mate and «rd a new cylinder of wrought iron
but that in order to make this ttey will have t o as k yo u t o se id
the exact dimensions, interior aid exterior of the cylinder which
is broken.
On receipt of this we will forward it to the' Soc late at
once;.
very Truly I
| James W. Queen & Co.
PHILIP S: DYER
EUROPEAN AGENT
AMERICAN
EDISON FACTORIES
EDISON LAMP COMPANY,
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS
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Edison Phonographs,
American Switches, Cut Outs, Sockets,
Glass Eusible Safety Plugs.
Edison's Meters
All Devices for Theatre regulation.
STANDARD THERMOMETER C°
Metallic Thermometers.
THE TELEMETER COMPANY
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I11IIESS Fill IXTHCTUSIE! CO. '
manufacturers OF
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COR. SOUTH FIFTH AVENUE AND HOUSTON STREET.
lS. BATCHELOR ESQ.
DEAR S1R:-
I Yours of the 4th, received an^
contents noted. In reply will say frliat the riser will be 4/2
inehs, the main pipes of the building are from 4 to 2^2-
inohs and the lines on which the sprinklers are put tire from
2^2-inoh to 3/l of an inch. This is the fullest schedule
required by the .'«?JWiw: York Board of Eire Under-writers".
We laid your matter before The New York
J Board of Eire Under-writers to day stating how the system
was to be constructed with an Automatic Eire Pump, Eire De¬
partment connections. Hydrant b &c. They say that they can¬
not accept . the Equipment without a tank but that they will
accept it without the puznp. You ea^ have the pump or not
but tl^ere must be a tank. There has been several buildings
burned, withi£ the last 12 months where they depended on the
pump and the New York Board and New England Insurance Com¬
panies will no longer accept any sprinkler equipment with¬
out a tank.
- Our proposal with the tank will be accept¬
ed by the New York Board of Eire Underwriters and will give
the lowest rates of Insurance. Our Mr. Harkness will call
at your place to-morrow. ' ■ Very Truly.
. Ucj3< -f>
PHILIP S. DYE
EUROPEAN AG]
America]
7, Rue de l’Empereur
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Oct. 16th. 1888.
Mr. Thomas A.Kdison;
0ranfi e, N.J
Dear Sir;
You w ill doubtles s be pleased to hear that
the Folkarfl Standard Thermomet er- ordered by you for your La bora to
some time ago, and which it was doubtful if the maker could furni
has arrived, and will be forwarded to you as soon as possible. Ou:
agent writes us that Folkard being at the head of a large Gas Com
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mometers that he otherwise would, and so there was this delay.
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Very Respectfully
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EDISON LAMP COMPANY,
EAST NEWARK, N. J.
Capital 8 250,000.
pltal 8 250,000. JL
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srs, Portable Voltmeters, ^ c — y / _ -
Candle Power,
tmeters, Portable VoItmetL._,
Battery Edison Lamps, Surgical
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lionographs,
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e Safety Plugs.
STANDARD THERMOMETER C
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THE TELEMETER 'COMPANY
Capital 8 500,000.
Recording Steam Gauges,
Recording Water & Tide Gauge,*
'Recording Gasometer Gauge,
Recording Thermometer
Recording Barometer,
Time System.
PHILIP S. DYER
EUROPEAN AGENT
AMERICAN
EDISON FACTORIES
EDISON LAMP COMPANY, .
:tric Light and Telegraph Dynat
Electrical Instruments
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American Switches, Cut Outs, Sockets,
Glass Fusible Safety Plugs.
EdisonVMeters
All Devices for Theatre regulation.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. .J.
Dear Sir:
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rfe are glad to be able to advise you regarding the Photosssstemicrographic
aoDaratus that we have received the following advice pc'otr, the manufacture, under date
of the 4th inst.
I am just- in receiDt of your kind pfvor of the 35rd ult. aha in reply
hasten to state, that the orotograohic aooai^tus will be finished in the course of a
fortnight, from the present, date. I aiyrily afraid the electric lamp belonging to it,
will not be delivered to m/aTthat ti^e, however, should it haooen to be ready by
then you may rely upon receiving the"' co mole te aooaratus at the above aoooiinted time."
The above i
Trusting the above wi 3 /
in answer to a letter of ours urging ah” early shipment,
be satisfactory, we remain
Queen & Co^
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